384 EXAMINATION OF COAST. 



result of which correspondence was, that I deter- 

 mined to examine that portion of the coast ; and to 

 afford Mr. Clifton the opportunity of accompanying 

 me, and with his own eves convincinof himself of the 

 policy or impolicy of the course he had adopted. 



On the l(?th, accordingly, we sailed from Gage 

 Roads, and next morning closed with the land in lat. 

 29" 13' S. being thirteen miles south of the position 

 assigned to Port Grey in Arrowsmith's map, before 

 alluded to. From thence we followed the shore at 

 a distance of between three and five miles, in sound- 

 ings of 7 and 12 fathoms ; the first part trended N. 

 by W. two miles, and then N. W.|^ W. to Point Grey, 

 lying five miles S. by E. of Point Moore (a bight of 

 that width being formed between) without any sign of 

 of the sought-for harbour. The general appearance 

 of the coast was that of high sand hills, partly covered 

 with vegetation ; immediately in the rear of which 

 there appeared a range rather higher, and of a less 

 barren appearance ; behind these again, at a dis- 

 tance of eight or nine miles, rose a series of singular 

 table-topped broken ranges, terminating southwards 

 in about lat. 29" 5' S. Mount Fairfax and Wizard 

 Peak are the most conspicuous objects in this range. 



sioners of the Admiralty, or the importance of the solution of 

 these questions, on which such extensive interests and operations 

 depend, should induce you to take upon yourself the responsibility 

 of going there, I earnestly request you will allow me the honour 

 of accompanying you, for the purpose of fulfilling my duty to the 

 Directors of the Company, and to the very numerous body of 

 persons interested in the formation of the intended settlement 

 under them." 



