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an hour, we again made sail downward, in soundings from k to 10 1802 - 
. r \ r t 11 March. 
fathoms, near the edge of the shoal. Saturday is. 
At noon, latitude observed to the N. andS., - 32 0 57' 6" 
Mount Brown bore - - - - - N. 9 30 E. 
Pt. Lowly , south extreme dist. 7 miles, - S. 79 oW. 
The depth was then 7 fathoms ; but there were banks a-head, 
extending to a great distance from the eastern shore, and in steering 
westward to pass round them, we had 3^- fathoms for the least water. 
It afterwards deepened to 7, and we again steered southward, but were 
not able to get near the land ; on the contrary, the shallow water 
forced us further off as we proceeded. The wind was at west-south- 
west in the evening ; and this not permitting us to lie along the edge 
of the bank, we came to an anchor in 7 fathoms, soft bottom ; being 
then above four leagues from the eastern low shore, although there 
was only 3^- fathoms at less than a mile nearer in. 
Mount Brown bore - - N. 2 1° E. 
Barn Hill, - - - S. 43 E. 
Mount Young, - N. 66 W. 
In the morning we followed the line of the great eastern shoal, Sunday u. 
and its direction permitted us to approach nearer to the land, with 
soundings between 8 and 4 fathoms. A little before noon, after 
running half an hour in less than 4 fathoms and getting within 
about six miles of the land, we were obliged to tack and stretch 
off, the wind having veered to south-west. Our situation twenty 
minutes afterward, was in 
Latitude, observed to the north and south, - 33° 23' 49" 
Longitude by time keepers, - - 137 47 
Mount Young bore - - - N. 38 W. 
Middle Mount, west side of the gulph, N. 66 W. 
Barn Hill, on the east side, - - S. 60 E. 
We beat to windward all the afternoon, and at sunset anchored in 
3! fathoms, near the edge of the great bank and seven or eight 
miles from the land. The shore was low and sandy, but there was 
a ridge of hills behind it nearly similar to that on 'the west side of 
