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A VOYAGE TO 



'777- land between the South Wcfl and the South Capes is broken 

 » — -V- — ' and hilly, the coafl winding, with points iliootmg out from 

 it; but we v/ere too far off, to be able to judge whether the 

 bays formed by thefe points were flieltered from the fea- 

 winds. The bay which appeared to be the largeft and 

 dcepeft, lies to the Wellward of the peaked hill above- 

 mentioned. The variation of the compafs here, was 5° 15' 

 Eaft. 



At fix o'clock in the afternoon we founded, and found fixty 

 fathoms water, over a bottom of broken' coral and Ihells. 

 The South Cape then bore North 75° Wed, two or three 

 leagues diftant -, Tafman's Head North Eaft ; and Swilly 

 Rock South by Weft 4, V/eft. About a league to the Eaft- 

 ward of Svvilly, is another elevated rock, that is not taken 

 notice of by Captain Furneaux. I called it the Eddyftone, 

 from its very great refemblance to that lighi-houfe. Nature 

 feems to have left thefe two rocks here, for the fame pur- 

 pofe that the Eddyftone light-houfe was built by man, viz. 

 to give navigators notice of the dangers around them. For 

 they are the confpicuous fummits of a ledge of rocks under 

 v/ater, on which the fea, in many places, breaks very high. 

 Their furface is white with the dung of fea-fowls ; fo that 

 -they may be feen at forae diftance, even in the night. On 

 the North Eaft fide of Storm Bay, which lies between the 

 South Cape and Tafman's Head, there are fome coves or 

 creeks, that feemed to be flieltered from the fea-v.inds ; and 

 1 am of opinion that, were this coaft examined, there would 

 be found fonie good harbours. 



Soon after we had fight of land the Wefterly winds left 



us, and were fucceeded by variable light airs and alternate 



Suiday26. calms, till the 26th at noon. At that time a breeze fprung 



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