Portsmouth. .] 
TERRA AUSTRALIA 
in the way, I intended to stand on half an hour longer ; but in 
ten minutes, felt the ship lifting upon a bank. The sails were 
immediately thrown aback; and the weather being fine and water 
smooth, the ship was got off without having received any apparent 
injury. 
This sand is laid down in the Admiralty charts, under the 
name of the Roar; and extends from Dungeness towards Folkstone, 
at the distance of from two and a half, to four miles from the land. 
The leadsman, having found no bottom with 15 fathoms at ten 
minutes before six, had very culpably quitted the chains when his 
watch was out, without taking another cast of the lead ; and the ship, 
in going at the rate of two knots and three-quarters, was upon the 
bank at twenty minutes after six ; so that it appears to be steep on 
the east side. 
The bearings given by the azimuth compass, whilst the ship 
was aground, were as under : 
Dungeness light house, - - - S. W. 
Lidd church, - - - - W. by S. \ S. 
Town of Dim, but taken to be Hythe, - N. W. by N. 
Cheriton church, then supposed to be Folkstone, E. N. E. 
Cliffy eastern extreme of the land, near Dover, E. ~ N. 
The distance from the town of Hythe (Dim,) was guessed to be 
not less than two-and-half, nor more than four miles. 
In consequence of this accident, we went into Portsmouth 
Harbour and into dock on June 10 ; and it being ascertained that the 
ship had received no injury, we returned to Spithead next day, and 
moored as before, waiting for orders. On the 18th, commissioner 
Sir Charles Saxton paid the ship's company their wages up to the 
end of May, with an advance of two months ; and the officers" were 
permitted to draw bills for three months pay in advance. 
On July 17, I received the following instructions for the exe- 
cution of the voyage. 
