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we sailed thence on December 17th to commence the 

 survey. 



This was begun on December 21 th at Sandy Cape by 

 the examination of Breaksea Spit. From this point the 

 survey was regularly carried on through the Capricorn 

 Group of islands and Swain's Reefs, up to lat. 21°. We were 

 then obliged to go to Port Bowen to repair some damages. 

 Here we remained from February 14th, 1843, to February 

 28th, during which a detailed survey of the Port was 

 completed. Thence we sailed through the Percy Islands 

 to West Hill, a little north of Broad Sound, where we 

 found a supply of water, of which we were beginning to 

 run short. The Bramble had been dispatched to look for 

 water, and found it in abundance a little north of Cape 

 Hillsborough. The coast from West Hill to the northern 

 part of Whitsunday Passage was then surveyed, a part that 

 had only been hastily sketched in by previous expeditions. 

 On March 30th we anchored under Cape Upstart, where 

 we remained the rest of that month, repairing the boats, 

 and raising and decking the pinnace to enable her to keep 

 the sea during the surveying operations. 



We were joined at Cape Upstart by a vessel, the barque 

 William, with a fresh stock of provisions and stores sent up 

 from Sydney by previous agreement. We made several 

 boat excursions during this time. On May J 7th we sailed 

 from Cape Upstart with the Bramble and the pinnace 

 (now called the Midge) in company, and the next day 

 anchored in Rockingham Bay, of which an accurate survey 

 was completed by the end of the month. 



On June 1st we sailed to the northward, and after 

 heaving to for an hour to look at Endeavour River, on June 

 4th, we anchored on the evening of that day under Lizard 

 Island. Here was commenced the survey of ihe outer edge 

 of the northern part of the Great Barrier Reef, which on 



