CXX1V INTRODUCTION. {Prior Discoveries. 
Flinders, of the 8th, neither Wilson's Promontory nor any other land to the 
northward could be seen ; but between the bearings of N. 84 0 and 
S. 63° E., six or eight miles distant, there was land rather high and 
irregular, with a cliffy shore ; and a separate cluster of rocky islets 
bore south to S. 16 0 W., from three to five miles. We passed close 
to these last, at six o'clock, and perceived that the tide, which before 
had set to leeward, was then turned to the east : the moon had just 
before passed the meridian. 
This small cluster consists of a steep island, near one mile in 
length, of two smaller round islets, and two or three rocks ; one of 
which obtained the name of Judgment Rock, from its resemblance to 
an elevated seat. The higher and more considerable land to the 
eastward was seen, as we advanced, to divide itself also into several 
parts. This group is principally composed of three islands; and 
between the largest on the east and two others on the west, there 
appeared to be a deep channel. The other parts are rocks, which 
lie scattered mostly off the north-western island. These two clusters 
were called Kent's Groups, in honour of my friend captain William 
Kent, then commander of the Supply. 
Our latitude at noon was gg° 38' ; the steep island of the small 
group bore N. 50 0 W., and the passage through the larger islands 
N. 12 0 E., six or eight miles. This observation places the centre of 
the passage and of the large group, in about 39 0 29' south ; and from 
the lunar observations of the preceding day, brought on by log, (for 
unfortunately I had no time keeper,) it should lie in longitude 
147 0 25' east. It is, however, to be observed, that a fortuitous com- 
pensation of errors can alone render a dead reckoning correct in the 
way of such tides as we had experienced during the last twenty-four 
hours.* 
By keeping the wind to the southward, we came up with a pyra- 
midal-shaped rock through which there is a chasm : it bore W. 8° S. 
* The longitude of the large group, as given by my time keepers in a future Voyage, 
is 147° 17'. 
