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AlbatrOSS Island, - - N. 75 to 86 E. Flinders 
_ and Bass. 
Steep-head Island, - - °- 31 L. 179s. 
Black, pyramidal rock, - - S. 59 W. 
We kept close to the wind at north-east, in order to fetch Steep- 
head Island; but were carried so far to leeward by the tide, that 
soon after four o'clock our situation was as follows : 
' Albatross Island, - - - N. 18 E. 
Sugar-loaf hummock, - - N. 71 E. 
Western part of the barren land, - N. 61 E. 
Steep-head Island, centre, - S. 71 E. 
Black, pyramidal rock, - - - N. 77 W. 
High black rock, dist. 2 miles, having breakers 
to the south-westward, - - S. 18 E. 
Besides these islands and rocks, we passed another cliffy island four 
or five miles to the south of Steep-head, and to which I gave the 
name of Trefoil Island, its form appearing to be nearly that of a 
clover leaf; there were, also, several others of less importance, 
mostly lying near the barren land. The steep south end of this 
land was set over the north end of Trefoil at N. 6 5 ° E. ; and being 
almost assured of its separation from Van Diemen's Land, I added 
it, under the name of Barren Island, to the rest of this cluster ; and 
in honour of His Excellency, the governor of New South Wales, I 
gave to the whole the title of Hunter's Isles. 
The north-west cape of Van Diemen's Land, or island, as it might 
now be termed, is a steep, black head, which, from its appearance, 
I call Cape Grim. It lies nearly due south, four miles, from the 
centre of Trefoil, in latitude 40 0 44/ ; the longitude will be 144 0 43' 
east, according to the position of Albatross Island made in the Inves- 
tigator. There are two rocks close to Cape Grim, of ihe same 
description with itself. On the north side of the cape, the shore is a 
low, sandy beach, and trends north-eastward, three or four miles ; 
but whether there be a sufficient depth for ships to pass between it 
and Barren Island, has not, I believe, been yet ascertained. To the 
