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A VOYAGE TO 
\_South Coast. 
1802. south-eastward in a sandy beach, with a ridge of barren land be- 
January, J ° 
Friday 29. hind. At sunset we passed to windward of Point Fowler, and stood 
off to sea for the night. 
Saturday 30. Cape Nuyts bore north, two or three leagues, soon after day- 
light, and the wind was then at east ; but as the day advanced it 
veered to the south-east, and permitted us to make a stretch toward 
the furthest land. At five in the evening we tacked near some low, 
whitish cliffs, which had been seen from the mast head when in 
Fowler's Bay ; they were two or three miles oft", and the furthest land 
visible from the deck bore S. 63 0 E., at no great distance. The coast 
here is broken into sandy beaches and small, cliffy points, and 
the same ridge of barren land runs behind it, but the elevation is not 
great. 
Sunday 31. At three in the afternoon of the 31st, we reached in again with 
the coast, about four leagues beyond our situation on the preceding 
day. The depth at two miles off shore, was 7 fathoms on a coral 
bottom ; the northern extreme bore N. 58° W., and a low point on 
the other side, named Point Bell, S. 45° E. seven miles. To seaward, 
a flat rock bore W. 3 0 S., one mile and a half ; it is the largest 
of four which were called Sinclair's Rocks, and lie scattered at the 
distance of two or three miles off* the coast. We stood off", at this 
time ; but so little could be gained upon the south-east winds, that 
February. . i • i 
Monday i. when we came m next morning, it was almost exactly in the same 
spot, and Point Bell was not passed until late in the afternoon ; the 
weather, also, was adverse to the examination, being so hazy that 
the highest land could not be seen beyond three or four leagues. 
At half past six in the evening, when we tacked to stand off 
for the night, Point Bell bore N. 68° W. four miles. It lies in 32 0 
i6i' south, and 133° 5' east ; and there is a broad, flat rock, sur- 
rounded with breakers, one mile to the westward. The main coast 
beyond the point forms some bights, and is divided betwixt sand and 
rock, as before described : its general trending is nearly east. A 
small island, somewhat elevated, lies six miles to the south-east of 
