But As This Is An Event At A Distance, And In Itself Very
Precarious, Governor Phillip Has Determined On Procuring
A supply of flour
and other necessaries from the Cape of Good Hope, as our stock on hand is found
To be, on examination, not quite so ample as had been reckoned upon.
To execute this purpose his Excellency has ordered the Sirius to prepare
for the voyage; by which conveyance the opportunity of writing to you
is afforded me. It was at first intended to dispatch the Sirius to some
of the neighbouring islands (the Friendly or Society) in the Pacific Ocean,
to procure stock there, but the uselessness of the scheme, joined to the
situation of matters here, has, happily for us, prevented its being put
into execution.
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