Cloudy
Wind: Fresh NNW gales
Temperature: 75 F
Barometer: 29.97
Cutting grass, transfer of personnel between ships.
The sawpit is broken up and the timber returned to the Supply.
Two large ships attempt to enter Botany Bay but strong winds blow them back out to sea. It is conjectured that they are the ships of the French expedition led by La Perouse. English colours are raised on the south shore of Botany Bay.
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