Gulph of St. VincenQ TERRA AUSTRALIS. 181 
We now hauled the wind to the south-east, and weathered the 
dry part of Troubridge Shoal; but passed amongst several patches Thursday.!, 
of discoloured water in soundings from 4 to %\ fathoms. At noon, 
when our latitude observed on both sides was 35° 9' 38" and longi- 
tude by time keepers 138 0 4^', the shoal was distant three leagues 
to the west-north-west; Cape Jervis bore S. 12 0 , and Mount Lofty 
N. 72° E. 
Our examination of the gulph of St. Vincent was now finished ; 
and the country round it had appeared to be generally superior to 
that on the borders of Spencer's Gulph. Yorke's Peninsula between 
them, is singular in its form, bearing some resemblance to a very 
ill-shaped leg and foot. The length of the southern part, from Cape 
Spencer to the sandy point near Troubridge Shoal, is about forty- 
five miles; and from thence northward, to where the peninsula 
joins the main land, about sixty miles. Its least breadth is from the 
head of Hardwicke Bay to the Investigator's Strait, where it appears 
to be not more than three leagues. 
Having now made myself acquainted with the shores of the 
continent up to Cape Jervis, it remained to pursue the discovery 
further eastward ; but I wished to ascertain previously, whether 
any error had crept into the time keepers rates since leaving Kan- 
guroo Island, and also to procure there a few more fresh meals for 
my ship's company. Our course was in consequence directed for 
the island, which was visible from aloft ; but the winds being very 
feeble, we did not pass Kanguroo Head until eleven at night. I pur- 
posed to have run up into the eastern cove of Nepean Bay ; but 
finding the water to shoal from 12 to 7 fathoms, did not think it 
safe to go further in the dark ; and therefore dropped the anchor 
about three-quarters of a mile from the shore, and two miles to the 
south-west-by-west of our former anchorage. 
Early on the following morning a party was sent to shoot Friday 2, 
kanguroos, another to cut wood, and the naturalists went to pursue 
their researches. The observations taken by lieutenant Flinders, 
vol. 1. 3D 
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