4)54^ WATERHOUSE ISLAND. 



entertained, of sending convicts thither from Tas- 

 mania. 



Taking advantage of a very unexpected breeze 

 from the eastward we left Preservation Island for 

 Port Dalrymple, which was made after a night's run, 

 on the morning of the 26th November. Eighteen 

 miles from the entrance of Banks Strait, and as far 

 as abreast of Waterhouse Island,* and nine miles 



* This island lies about a mile and a half from the main, 

 and affords shelter for ships in westerly winds. They should 

 anchor in 6 fathoms, midway in a line between the north points 

 of the island and of the bay lying to the south-east. This an- 

 chorage being not so far to leeward as those on the western 

 side of Flinders, is the best place of refuge for strangers 

 arriving in a westerly gale off Port Dalrymple, where, as they can 

 get no assistance from the pilots, they may not like to run in, on 

 account of its treacherous appearance. Tenth Island (a mere 

 white rock) and Ninth Island, are admirably situated for guiding 

 a ship to Waterhouse ; the first, bears N. E. h E., twelve 

 miles from the entrance of Port Dalrymple ; the course from it 

 to Ninth Island (which should be passed on the outside) is N. 

 52° E., fourteen miles ; and from Ninth Island to Waterhouse, 

 N. 69" E., seventeen miles. The latter islands are very much 

 alike in the distance, being both rather low, with cliffy faces 

 to the westward, and sloping away in the opposite direction. 

 Mount Cameron, bearing S. 61o E., is also a distant guide for 

 Waterhouse Island. The great advantage of running for this 

 place, instead of for an anchorage on the western side of Flinders, 

 is that, in the event of missing it, F.anks Strait will be open 

 to run through ; and should the anchorage under Swr.u Island 

 not be tried, shelter will be found in about 15 fathoms under the 

 nmin to the southward. 



