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seemingly well satisfied with what they had seen. We eould per- Flinders 
ceive no arms of any kind amongst them ; but I knew these people 179,9. 
too well not to be assured that their spears were lying ready, and 
that it was prudent to keep a good look out upon the woods, to 
prevent surprise whilst taking the observation. 
Oct. 12. We sailed in the afternoon, with a breeze from the east- 
ward ; but a return of the wind to south-west, with threatening 
weather, induced me to bear up again in the evening ; and we 
anchored on the south side of the bay. This part is not so well 
sheltered as Snug Cove, for the Nautilus was not quite land-locked 
in 3 fathoms water. The weather became very bad in the night ; 
and being no better on the 13th, the two vessels were completed 
with wood, and the country further explored; a few more bearings 
were also added to our materials for laying down a plan of the bay, 
and thus terminated our examination. 
The latitude of Snug Cove on the north-west side of Two-fold 
Bay, and by much the best anchorage in it, is 37 0 4' south. The 
longitude, from two sets of distances of the sun west of the moon, 
deducting 16^' for the errors of the tables, was 150 0 3' east of 
Greenwich. The variation of the azimuth compass observed on the 
beach, was 9 0 29', and of the surveying theodolite 11 0 8^-' east. My 
haste to complete the survey did not allow of much attention being 
paid to the tides ; but it was high water about nine hours after the 
moon passed over the meridian, and the general rise from six to 
eight feet. 
Two-fold Bay is not, of itself, worthy of particular interest ; but 
as nothing larger than boats can find shelter in any other part of 
this coast, from Jervis Bay, in latitude 35 0 6', round to Corner Inlet, 
or to Furneaux's Isles in 40^-°, it thereby becomes of importance to 
whalers, and to other ships passing along the coast. 
Besides its latitude, Two-fold Bay may be known by Mount 
Dromedary, which will be seen, in moderately fine weather, at 
the distance of fifteen or sixteen leagues to the northward ; and also 
