INTRODUCTION. 
[Pn'or Discoveries. 
A set of distances of the sun east of the moon, a meridian altitude 
of the planet Mars, and a western amplitude of the sun were taken at 
this anchorage, the results of which, with the bearings of the land, 
were as under : e , 
Latitude observed, - - - 40 44 S. 
Longitude from lunar distances corrected, - 147 56 E. 
Variation of the compass (the sloop's head being S.W.) 12 30 E. 
C. Barren peak, over the outer islets of C. Portland, N. 47 E. 
Mount Chappell, - North. 
Isle Waterhouse, centre, dist. 5 or 6 leagues, S. 71 W. 
Point Waterhouse, - - - - S. 61 W. 
Ridge of inland mountains, - - South to S. 42 W. 
Highest part of ditto, a round top, - - S. 19 W. 
The flood tide ceased to run at three quarters past three in the 
morning, or about nine hours after the moon passed over the meridian. 
Nov. 2. A light breeze having sprung up from the eastward we 
steered for the bottom of the bay, and at noon the nearest part of the 
beach was distant only two miles. 
Observed latitude, - 40 49^ S. 
C. Portland, with the outer islets behind, - N. 27 E. 
Isle Waterhouse, extremes, - N. 78° to 89 W. 
Point Waterhouse, - - - S. 88£ W. 
We stood on another mile, and then bore away westward, follow- 
ing the round of the shore, but no inlet could be perceived. At three 
o'clock, we had passed Point Waterhouse, and seeing a fair channel 
of about two miles wide between it and the island, steered through, 
S. W. by W. 
Isle Waterhouse is near four miles in length. Its southern shore 
consists of beaches and rocky points ; but it rises abruptly to a mo- 
derate elevation. The level top is mostly covered with wood ; and 
although its appearance did not bespeak fertility, it was superior to 
any we had seen of Furneaux's Islands. The land at the back of 
