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CHAPTER X. 
Departure from Port Phillip. Cape Schanck. Wilson's Promontory , and 
its isles. Kent's Groups, and Furneaux's Isles. Hills behind the Long 
Beach. Arrival at Port Jackson. Health of the ship's company. 
Refitme?it and supply of the ship. Price of provisions. Volunteers 
entered. Arrangement for the succeeding part of the voyage. French 
ships. Astronomical and nautical observations. 
On the 3d of May at daylight, the anchor was weighed to go out jsos. 
of Port Phillip with the last half of the ebb ; and the wind being Monday 3 
from the westward, we backed, filled, and tacked occasionally, 
dropping out with the tide. When the entrance was cleared, and 
five miles distant, Mr. Westall took a view of it, which will be an n J£ xvir, 
useful assistance in finding this extensive, but obscure port ; and at View l3 -) 
eleven o'clock, when we bore away eastward to pass Cape Schanck, 
he sketched that cape and the ridge of hills terminating at Arthur's (view u.) 
Seat. Cape Schanck is a cliffy head, with three rocks lying off, the 
outermost of which appears at a distance like a ship under sail : the 
latitude is 38 0 29' or 30' south, and longitude 144 0 53 east. It will 
always be desirable for vessels to get sight of this cape, before they 
run far into the great bight for Port Phillip ; and if the wind blow 
strong from the southward, it will be unsafe to run without having 
seen it. 
Cape Schanck is also an excellent mark for ships desiring to 
go into Western Port, of which it forms the west side of the prin- 
cipal entrance ; but as there are many breakers and shoals on that 
side, which extend almost to mid-channel, it will be necessary to 
give the cape a wide berth, by keeping over to Phillip Island on the 
starbord hand. 
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