l« A VOYAGE TO [South Coast. 
MaS Stamford Hil1 . with 3° 57' allowed, differed only 2' from the back 
Sunday 7. bearing with the allowance of i° 39' ; which is a nearer coincidence 
than I have generally been able to obtain. 
At two in the afternoon the anchor was weighed, and leaving 
most of Sir Joseph Banks' Group to the right, we steered northward, 
following the direction of the main land. The coast is very low and 
commonly sandy, from Boston Bay to the furthest extreme seen from 
Kirkby Island ; but a ridge of hills, commencing at North-side Hill in 
Port Lincoln, runs a few miles behind it. In latitude 34, 0 20' this ridge 
approaches the water side, and in its course northward keeps nearly 
parallel, at the distance of two or three miles. It is moderately ele- 
vated, level, destitute of vegetation, and appeared to be granitic. At 
half past six, when we hauled off for the night, the shore was five 
or six miles distant ; the furthest part bore N. N. E.j-E., and a bluff 
inland mountain was set at N. 71 0 W., over the top of the front 
ridge. 
The wind was moderate from the south-eastward ; and at 
Monday 8. seven on the following morning, when the bluffinland mountain was 
bearing W. 2° N., we resumed our north-eastern course along the 
shore ; which was distant seven miles, and had not changed its 
appearance. Towards noon the water shoaled to 6 fathoms, at three 
miles from a sandy beach ; a lagoon was visible from the mast head, 
over the beach, and a small inlet, apparently connected with it, was 
perceived soon afterward. A few miles short of this, the ridge of hills 
turns suddenly from the shore, and sweeps round at the back of the 
lagoon, into which the waters running off the ridge appeared to be re- 
ceived. The corner hill, where the direction of the ridge is changed, 
was called Elbow Hill; and since losing sight of the bluff inland mount, 
it was the first distinguishable mark which had presented itself for 
the survey : it lies in latitude 33 0 43', and longitude 136° 4,2'. The 
coast there trends nearly east-by-north, and obliged us to haul close 
to the wind, in soundings of 7 to 9 fathoms. 
We had then advanced more than twenty-five leagues to the 
