Spencer's Gulph.] TERRA AUSTRALIA 163 
name in the Admiralty, S. 1 4 0 W., two or three leagues. This point ™>£ 
was the furthest visible part of the eastern shore ; and so low and Monday 15. 
uniform had the coast been from the head of the gulph, that this was 
the first mark I had found upon it for the survey. The great eastern 
bank, which we had already followed about sixty miles, seemed to 
terminate at Point Riley 5 and from thence southward, the gulph 
greatly enlarges its breadth. The situation of the point is about 
53° 53' south and 137 0 30' E. 
We got under way at six in the morning, and the wind being Tuesday w. 
from the south-eastward made a good stretch along the coast until 
noon. A patch of breakers then lay five miles to the south-east ; 
but the land was ten miles distant, and some white sandy cliffs, four 
or five leagues from Point Riley, bore S. 52 0 E. The intermediate 
coast, as also that which extends several leagues to the north of the 
point, is low and sandy ; but at a few miles back it rises to a level 
land of moderate elevation, and is not ill clothed with small trees. 
In the afternoon we had to beat against a southern wind ; and the 
coast in that part being too open for anchorage, this was continued 
all night and the next morning ; but with so little profit, that the Wednes. if. 
same land was still in sight at noon, and our situation found to be as 
follows : 
Latitude, observed to the north and south, - 34 0 15' 24" 
Longitude by time keepers, - - 137 2 4t 
North extreme near the sandy cliffs, dist. 6 miles, N. 19 E. 
Low red cliffs, south end dist. 6 or 7 miles, - S. 54 E. 
At six in the evening, the reddish cliffs were brought to bear 
N. 44 0 E., and a long point, or an island lying off a point, bore 
S. 43 0 W. two leagues. Our distance from a cliffy islet, close under 
the shore, was two or three miles, but the breakers from it were only 
half a mile off, and the depth was 4 fathoms. 
On the 18th in the morning, we fetched to windward of the Thursday is. 
island-like point, to which I gave the name of Point Pearce, in com- 
pliment to Mr. Pearce of the Admiralty. Its latitude is 34° 28^' 
