TWOFOLD HAY. 417 



Bay to the Albert,* a distance of above four hundred 

 miles, and from Limmens Bight to the Victoria, 

 about three hundreds These will be found marked 

 in the chart accompanying this work. 



After leaving Sydney we had a succession of south- 

 easterly gales, of three or four days* duration, and 

 equal in severity to any we had experienced since leav- 

 ing England. To avoid one from the westward we put 

 into Twofold Bay ;'[ a remarkable high-peaked hill, 

 Mount Imlay, lying behind the head of it, bearing 

 S. W. i W., leads in. 



I was surprised to find by my observations^ here 

 that this part of the coast is laid down ten miles too 

 much to the eastward of Sydney, an error I subse- 

 quently found to be continued to Jervis Bay ; so that 

 the course from thence to Sydney, instead of being, 

 according to the chart, N. J E. mag. is N. by E., 



* This route I suggested to his Excellency Sir George Gipps, 

 in March, 1842. 



t This we found to be a very convenient anchorage; and the 

 constant resort of coasters. From its proximity to the southern 

 parts of the Manero country, it is likely to become a very thriv- 

 ing place, under the auspices of Mr. Boyd, who is erecting a 

 town there. This gentleman, I am happy to say, employs the 

 natives as part of the crew of his yacht ; they are also constantly 

 engaged in the boats of the whaling station, where their excellent 

 eye renders them extremely useful in seeing and harpooning the 

 fish ; and being particularly well-disposed, they might be made 

 something of. 



:j; Which placed Point Brierly in latitude 37° 6' 40" S., longitude 

 1° 18' 18" west of Sydney; or 149° 57' 42" east of Greenwich, 

 according to what I consider the meridian of Sydney. 

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