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VOYAGE IN- SEARCH 



The ncareft fliore lay fouth-eafl of us, one 

 Ivilometer dilTant ; and Penguin Ifland bore 

 north, 51'' cafl. 



Wc immediately difpatched a boat, to fee if 

 it would be eafy to get a fupply of water to- 

 wards the north-weft, at the watering-plac6 

 marked by Captain Cook in the plan which he 

 has given of this bay. The cail: fouth-eail 

 "U'inds occafioned there a very troublefome furf;, 

 for which reafon we preferred getting water to 

 the fouth-eafl : but it tafted as if it had been 

 procured in a place too low, and too near the 

 fhore J for it was fomcwhat brackiHi. 



This bay being open to the eaft and fouth- 

 caft winds, they fometimes brought in upon the 

 weft bank a heavy fwell, which, rebounding 

 from all quarters, rendered it very difficult to 

 land. 



During the time that we lay at ancho*", I daily 

 made excurlion.s to the neighbouring coun- 

 try; but I found little to add to the numerous 

 collections which 1 had made at Cape Diemen. 



Penguin Ifland, which I went to viiit, is no 

 more than a hill, fcarcely detached from the 

 principal ifumd ; for at low water I crolfcd, 

 almofl without wetting my feet, the channti 

 that feparates them. It conlifts of a free-flonc, 

 of a deep gray colour, the fame as great part 

 of the ll}orc of Adventure Bay. It appeared to 



be 



