Wednesday 7th.
--- At 6 a.m. Set out on Horseback, accompanied by Mrs. M. Capt. Antill and Mr. Meehan for George's River, and arrived at Mr. Moore's House at 8 o'clock, having crossed the River in a Boat opposite to Mr. Moore's House, where Mrs. Moore had Breakfast ready prepared for us. -- Our Horses were sent up the River to cross at a Ford three miles above where we crossed.

Between 10 and 12 o'clock, we all set out in a Boat, Dr. Redfern having previously joined, and accompanied by Mr. Moore, to view and survey the Ground intended for the new Township, which lies about a mile higher up the River above Mr. Moore's on the Left Bank of it. -- We landed near Mr. Laycock's House, and having surveyed the Ground and found it in every respect eligible and fit for the purpose, I determined to erect a Township on it, and named it Liverpool in honor of the Earl of that Title -- now the Secretary of State for the Colonies. -- The Acting Surveyor Mr. Meehan was at the same [time] directed to mark out the Ground for the Town, with a Square in the Center thereof, for the purpose of having a Church hereafter erected within it. ---

After walking over the Ground for the new Town, we returned to the Boat, in which we proceeded for two miles higher up the River, until our progress was stopt [sic] by Trees fallen into the Bed of it. -- We then returned to Mr. Moore's House again, and leaving Mrs. M. there, we set out at 2 p.m. on Horse-back to view the Farms situated along the Right Bank of the River to the Southward of Mr. Moore's and towards Botany Bay. -- Some of the Farms we passed through were very well cultivated and had promising Fields of Wheat. -- We ended our Tour for this day at a Farm belonging to Dr. McCallum and occupied by a man of the name of Wells, being a ride of about 7 or 8 miles along the River, and then returned by a short way across the Country to Mr. Moore's House of only a Couple of Miles, and arrived at 1/2 past 4 o'clock there. -- Mrs. Moore had an excellent Dinner prepared for us. ---

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