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John Turnpenny Altree was surgeon to the convicts, and [[Arthur Bowes Smyth]] was surgeon to the crew. Bowes Smyth then took charge of the prisoners on the ship when Altree fell ill at Tenerife and in Governor Arthur Phillip’s opinion had proved unequal to the task.<ref name="ADB Bowes-Smyth">{{cite web|title=Smyth, Arthur Bowes|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/smyth-arthur-bowes-2674|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=Australian National University|accessdate=12 December 2013}}</ref>
The list of stores unloaded from ''Lady Penrhyn'' on 25 March at Port Jackson has been widely quoted in books on the First Fleet. In ''Sydney Cove 1788'' by John Cobley <ref>Cobley, John, 1914-1989. ''Sydney Cove, 1788''. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1962.</ref> the amount of rice unloaded is given as 8 bram. This amount has been repeated in various books on the First Fleet. Bram, however, is not a unit of measurement and the original log entry lists the amount of rice as 8 barrels.<ref>{{cite journal |title= Lady Penrhyn Log 1786-1788 |journal=Australian Joint Copying Project Reel 5777, piece 4376, part 9 |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1574734759/view |accessdate=13 July 2020}}</ref>
''Lady Penrhyn'' also carried the first horses brought to Australia. These are believed to have consisted of one stallion, one colt, three mares, and two fillies from [[Cape Town]], South Africa.<ref name="AE96">Bain Ike, (chief exec.) ''The Australian Encyclopaedia'', p. 1679, ''Horses'', Australian Geographic Pty. Ltd., 1996</ref>
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