Besides turtle, the
island is well stocked with birds, many of them so tame as to be knocked
down by the seamen with sticks. At the distance of four leagues from
Lord Howe Island, and in latitude 31 deg 30 min south, longitude 159 deg
8 min east, stands a remarkable rock, of considerable height, to which
Mr. Ball gave the name of Ball's Pyramid, from the shape it bears.
While the 'Supply' was absent, Governor Phillip made an excursion to
Broken Bay, a few leagues to the northward of Port Jackson, in order to
explore it. As a harbour it almost equals the latter, but the adjacent
country was found so rocky and bare, as to preclude all possibility of
turning it to account. Some rivulets of fresh water fall into the head
of the Bay, forming a very picturesque scene. The Indians who live
on its banks are numerous, and behaved attentively in a variety of
instances while our people remained among them.
CHAPTER XIII.
Transactions at Port Jackson in the Months of April and May.
As winter was fast approaching, it became necessary to secure ourselves
in quarters, which might shield us from the cold we were taught to
expect in this hemisphere, though in so low a latitude.
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