52 A VOYAGE TO [South Coast. 
1801. and others low ; and between them are sandy bights where small 
December. essels m] ^h t obtain shelter from all northern winds. The hills 
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lying at the back of the shore seemed to be barren, though 
trees grew thickly on their eastern sides; they are not high, 
but it was rare to perceive any thing of the interior country above 
them. 
At noon, the nearest parts of the coast were a steep, and a 
more eastern low point, both distant about four miles ; and from the 
bight between them was rising the first smoke seen upon this coast. 
Our situation at this time, and the principal bearings taken, were as 
under ; 0 „ 
Latitude, observed to the north and south, 35 7 5. 
Longitude by time keepers, - - 11650. 
Point Nuyts, with Cape Chatham behind, N. 75 W. 
Steep point, near the smoke, - N. 15 W. 
Furthest visible extreme a-head, - N. 84 E. 
Soon after two o'clock, we passed at the distance of five miles 
from a steep point which has a broad rock lying near it. This 
point, being unnamed and somewhat remarkable, I call Point Wi- 
lier-, it lies in 35° 4' south, and 117 0 9' east. The coast extends from 
thence nearly east-by-south, without any considerable projection, 
except at the furthest extreme then visible ; and on coming up with 
it, at half past five, it proved to be the Cape Howe of Vancouver- 
There is another Cape Howe upon this same coast, named by cap- 
tain Cook, which makes it necessary to distinguish this by a descrip- 
tive adjunct, and I shall therefore call it West Cape Howe. The 
situation of this projecting cliffy cape is in 35" H' south and 1 17° 40' 
east. Beyond it the land trends north-by-east, four miles, into a 
sandy bight, in which there is a small islet ; and further along the 
shore, which then stretches eastward and again becomes cliffy, 
there are two others. When the cape bore N. io° W. four miles, 
the highest of the Eclipse Isles was in sight, bearing E. 4° N. ; 
but " the small detached islet," which captain Vancouver says 
