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bears from themS. W. by W.: for this reason I have 

 named it Mount Warning. It lies seven or eight 

 leagues inland, in latitude 28 22' S. The land about 

 it is high and hilly, but it is of itself sufficiently con- 

 spicuous to be at once distinguished from every 

 other object. The point off which these shoals lie 

 I have named Point Danger. To the northward 

 of this point the land is low, and trends N. W. 

 by N. ; but it soon turns again more to the north- 

 ward. 



At noon we were about two leagues from the 

 land, and, by observation, in latitude 27 46' S., 

 which was seventeen miles to the southward of the 

 log : our longitude was 206 26' W. Mount Warn- 

 ing bore S. 26 W. distant fourteen leagues, and the 

 northernmost land in sight bore N. We pursued 

 our course along the shore, at the distance of about 

 two leagues, in the direction of N. J E. till between 

 four and five in the afternoon, when we discovered 

 breakers on our larboard bow. Our depth of water 

 was thirty-seven fathom, and at sunset, the northern- 

 most land bore N. by W., the breakers N. W. by W., 

 distant four miles, and the northernmost land set at 

 noon, which formed a point, and to which I gave 

 the name of Point Look-out, W. distant five or 

 six miles, in the latitude of 27 6'. On the north 

 side of this point, the shore forms a wide open bay, 

 which I called Moreton's Bay, in the bottom of 

 which the land is so low that I could but just see it 

 from the top-mast head. The breakers lie between 

 three or four miles from Point Look-out ; and at this 

 time we had a great sea from the southward, which 

 broke upon them very high. We stood on N. N. E. 

 till eight o'clock, when having passed the breakers, 

 and deepened our water to fifty-two fathom, we 

 brought to till midnight, when we made sail again 

 to the N. N. E. At four in the morning we had 

 135 fathom, and when the day broke, I perceived 

 that during the night I had got much farther north- 



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