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DISAPPOINTMENT BAY. 



April 1830. 



to the eastward. The low points, before mentioned, beyond 

 which, from Easter Bay, we could distinguish no land, and 

 between which we expected to make good our course to the 

 S.E., appeared to be connected by a low flat country. An ex- 

 tensive sheet of water was indeed observed to the eastward, yet 

 I could only, from its appearance, conclude that it was a spa- 

 cious bay. 



My attention was next drawn to the southward, ifi which 

 direction, to the east of WooUey Peninsula, appeared a wide 

 and deep opening, and this I determined to explore on the 

 morrow ; for it was now the only course likely to lead us to 

 Fitz Roy Passage, where it became every day more indispen- 

 sable that we should arrive, since our provisions were getting 

 short. At my return on board, I learnt from Mr. Kirke that 

 he had examined the greater part of Worsley Sound, whose 

 eastern shore formed a line of coast almost connected with that 

 of the bight before us, to which the name of Disappointment 

 Bay w^as given. 



" It was arranged that he should proceed from his last point, 

 and carefully trace the shore of Disappointment Bay to the 

 eastern headland of the southern opening, down which it was 

 my intention to proceed. With these objects in view, we left 

 the schooner next morning. A fair wind soon brought me to 

 the entrance, where I landed to take bearings on the west side, 

 and arrived at the promontory of ' Hope' by noon. There I 

 ascended to the summit of the hills, but found them so thickly 

 wooded, that my anticipated view of the land was almost inter- 

 cepted, and the angles taken were in consequence very limited. 



" At this promontory the course of the channel trends 

 slightly to the eastward ; and its direction is afterwards to the 

 S.S.E., being open and clear for eight or ten miles, when low 

 land stretching across from the west side intercepts the view. 

 In passing to the southward, I landed frequently to continue 

 the angles, and hauled up, at the close of day, in Kara Avis 

 Bay, still doubtful of the nature of the opening. 



" Next morning, passing Point Intervene, we pulled into an 

 extensive reach ; and having landed, to take bearings^ on the 



