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just mentioned, came to an anchor under the lee of 



them, in fifteen fathom water ; and the weather being 



dark, hazy, and rainy, we remained there till seven 



o'clock in the morning. At this time we got again 



under sail, and stood to the N. W. with a fresh breeze 



at S. S. E. ; having the main land in sight, and a 



number of islands all round us, some of which lay out 



at sea as far as the eye could reach. The western 



inlet, which, in the chart, is distinguished by the 



name of Broad Sound, we had now all open ; at the 



entrance, it is at least nine or ten leagues wide : in 



it, and before it, lie several islands, and probably 



shoals also ; for our soundings were very irregular, 



varying suddenly from ten to four fathom. At noon, 



our latitude by observation was 21 29' S. ; a point of 



land which forms the north-west entrance into Broad 



Sound, and which I have named Cape Palmerston, 



lying in latitude 21 SO', longitude 210 54' W. bore 



W. by N. distant three leagues. Our latitude was 



21 27', our longitude 210 JJ\ Between this Cape 



and CapeTownshend lies the bay which I have called 

 the Bay of Inlets. We continued to stand to the 

 N. W. and N. W. by N., as the land lay, under an 

 easy sail, having a boat ahead to sound : at first the 

 soundings were very irregular, from nine to four 

 fathom ; but afterwards they were regular, from nine 

 to eleven. At eight in the evening, being about two 

 leagues from the main land, we anchored in eleven 

 fathom, with a sandy bottom ; and soon after, we 

 found the tide setting with a slow motion to the 

 westward. At one o'clock, it was slack, or low water ; 

 and at half an hour after two, the ship tended to the 

 eastward, and rode so till six in the morning, when 

 the tide had risen eleven feet. We now got under 

 sail, and stood away in the direction of the coast, 

 N. N. W. From what we had observed of the tide 

 during the night, it is plain, that the flood came from 

 the N. W. , whereas, the preceding day, and several 

 days before, it came from the S. E. \ nor was this the 



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