126 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



com pre nihility of water is clearly demonftratcd, 

 we know the principal eaufe which makes thefe 

 different bodies keep at a greater or lets depth, in 

 proportion to their fpecific weight. 



As foon as daylight appeared we made ail, 

 and ftood ealt-north-eaft. 



About half paft nine o'clock wc perceived a 

 very pointed rock, known by the name of the 

 Mn%v ftone\ fome other rocks and lands of mid- 

 dling height were difcerned in the eattern quarter. 

 The coait occafionally exhibited fmaU bights ; 

 mountains of moderate elevation were feen at a 

 little diitance from the Ihore, and we could dif- 

 tinguifh the large trees which crowned their 

 fummit. 



It was not long before we arrived at the en- 

 trance of a bay open to the lbuth-eait. An 

 ifland was remarked to the eaitward ; nearer, to 

 the caft by north, were difcovered tome breakers. 

 The Admiral intended to go and anchor in 

 Adventure Bay. .His accident did not yet allow 

 him to leave his cabin ; he could direct the eourfo 

 only by the bearings that were given him as loon 

 as they were taken. An incorrect bearing com- 

 municated by Citizen Willaumez *, made him 



give 



* On our making Cape Diemen, Willaumez was charged to 

 take the bt The commander of the expedition dtfired to 



know the bearing of the RddjJUm* Willaumez fent him word 



that 



