Nuyts' Archipelago.] TERRA AUSTRALIS. Ill 
the shore, as well as sea weed floating about, some hopes of finding 1S02. 
a river were entertained. At half past two, however, low, sandy FridayT 
land was seen from the mast head, nearly all round, the depth had 
diminished from 19 to 7 fathoms, and the water was much dis- 
coloured in streaks, at less than a mile from the ship. Smokes 
were rising in three different places ; but as the wind was unfavour- 
able, and there was no prospect of any opening sufficiently large to 
admit the Investigator, I gave up the further examination of this 
place, and called it Streaky Bay. 
There remained nearly forty miles of space, between Point 
Bell and Point Brown, in which the main coast had not been seen. 
This it was necessary to explore; but the wind being then at north- 
north-east, I steered to the southward, to gain some further know- 
ledge of the coast in that direction, before dark. 
West of Cape Bauer, and distant four miles, there is a low island, 
extensively surrounded with rocks and breakers, which I called 
Olive's Island. We passed between it and the cape, and observed 
the cliffs of the latter to be stratified, and apparently calcareous. 
Another cliffy, and somewhat higher projection opened from it at 
S. i° W., distant seven miles, the intermediate low land forming a 
bight four or five miles deep, which is mostly skirted by a sandy 
beach. This projection I named Point Westall, in compliment to 
the landscape painter; and at six in the evening, when it bore north-,, 
east-by-east two or three miles, we veered round to the northward. 
Beyond Point Westall the coast takes a more eastern direction, the 
first land which opened out from it being at S. 4,3° E. : this was a 
third cliffy projection, terminating another sandy bight in the coast. 
No hill, nor any thing behind the shore could be perceived, but it 
does not certainly follow that there are no hills in the back country, 
for the haze was too thick to admit of the sight extending beyond 
four or five leagues. 
The wind having veered to east-north-east, we kept to the 
northward all night, under easy sail ; and at daylight, the lands Saturday 6. 
around us were in the following bearings : 
