From K. George's Sound.'] TERRA AUSTRALIS. 75 
to trend north-eastward, and to be low and sandy; but at the dis- T 1802 - 
1 ' January. 
tance of eight leagues inland, there was a chain of rugged moun- Tuesday 5. 
tains, of which the eastern and highest peak, called Mount Rugged, 
lies N. 1 1|° W. from the passage. At six, we came up with a steep 
rock, one mile from the main, and then hauled to the wind, offshore, 
for the night. This lump, which appeared to be of granite, I called 
Haul-off Rock; it lies in 31 0 43' south, and 118° 39' east, and two 
leagues to the south-west of a cliffy point which bears the name of 
Cape Riche in the French chart. 
At one in the morning, being seven or eight leagues from the wednes. 6. 
coast and in 45 fathoms, we tacked ship towards the land, having a 
fresh breeze at west-south-west, with fine weather. Haul-off Rock 
bore N. 77 0 W., three or four miles, at six, and we then bore away 
along the coast. Beyond Cape Riche the shore forms a sandy bight, 
in which is a small'island; and on the north side of another cliffy 
projection, four leagues further, there is a similar falling back of the 
coast, where it is probable there is also good shelter for boats, if 
not a small inlet. At noon, a projecting head two miles long, which, 
from the lumps of rock at the top, I called Cape Knob, was three 
miles distant ; and our observations and bearings of the land were 
then as under ; 
Latitude, observed to the north and south, 34 35 26 
Longitude by time keepers, - - 119 *5 
The cliffy projection past Cape Riche, 
with Mount Rugged behind it, - - N. 75 W. 
Two rocks, distant 7 or 8 miles, - N 56 W. 
Cape Knob, eastern extremity, - N. 11 E. 
A cliffy projection further eastward, - N. 46 E. 
One of the Doubtful Isles, - - N. 54 E. 
The coast is sandy on both sides of Cape Knob, but especially on the 
west side, where the hillocks at the back of the shore are little else 
than bare sand. 
At four o'clock we had passed the Point Hood of Vancouver; 
and seeing a channel of nearly a mile in width, between it and the 
