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choring place off Lord Howe Ifland a lee Hiore, continued 
unvaried, and blew very hard on the 20th, it appeared ' ^ ' 
. 20th July i,. 
beil to rehnquifli the deiign ot calling there. At two ni 1788. 
the afternoon, therefore, Lieutenant Shortland again al- 
tered his courfe and failed north-eaft by north. The 
Prince of Wales and Borrowdale tranfports, were feen no 
more throughout the voyage, and it has lince been 
known that they took another courfe ; but the Friend- - 
Ihip continued clofe in company with the Alexander, 
About noon this day, the men at the maft head difcovered 
a very extenfive fhoal on the larboard beam, bearing from 
north by weft to north by foiith, diitant between two and 
three leagues. It trended north by eaft and fouth by 
weft, and was judged to be in length about three leagues 
and a half. The breadth could not be afcertained, for,, 
while the fliip ran along it, the fand bank was feen to 
extend as far as the eye could difcern. It lies in latitude 
29". 20'. fouth, and in longitude 158°. 48'. eaft, audi 
was named by Lieutenant Shortland, Middleton Shoals.. 
At ten in the morning, on Monday July 21, the -^^^Ifn- 
mafter of the Friendfliip went on board the Alexander, 
and Carteret's harbour in New Ireland, was appointed by 
Lieutenant Shortland as the place of rendezvous. The 
fame day, at half paft five in the afternoon, land was 
difcovered, bearing from fouth-weft by weft, to weft half 
fouth, at the diftance of about eight leagues. It trended 
