1802. 
May. 
Bass' Strait.} TERRA AUSTRALIS. 
was to me an important object ; since they were connected with the 
former survey of Furneaux's Islands and the north-eastern part of Tuesday 4. 
Van Diemen's Land. The bearings taken at five were, 
Furneaux's great I., hills on the west part, S. 48 0 E. 
Small craggy isle, - - - S. 69 E. 
Kent's large Group, extremes, - - N. f to 47 W. 
Small Group, the largest isle, - N. 77 W. 
A small rock, not seen before, - - N. 88 E. 
The hills upon Furneaux's great island, which I believe.but could 
not certainly ascertain to have been upon the westernmost point, 
will therefore lie very nearly S. 48° E., from the bluff south-west end 
of Kent's large Group, instead of S. 38°E., as before marked. This 
places the great island 10' of longitude further east from the group, 
than was given by my run in the Francis during the night of Feb. 8, 
1798. 
We passed to the northward of the small new rock at the dis- 
tance of three miles, and I judged it to lie four, or four-and-half 
leagues from the eastern side of Kent's large Group. No kind of 
danger was observed between them, but it was then nearly dark ; 
and the wind being fresh and favourable, and not having more than 
ten days provisions in the ship, I felt it necessary to leave this and 
some other parts of Bass' Strait to a future examination ; and we 
steered onward, east-north-east for Port Jackson. 
At daylight of the 5th, the course was altered more north- W ednesd. 5. 
ward ; and at noon, land was seen from the mast head to the north- 
north- west, probably some of the hills at the back of the Long Beach, 
and distant not less than twenty leagues : our latitude was 38 0 32' 
south, and longitude 149 0 35' east. The wind had then moderated, 
and having shifted to north-west, we kept close up to make Cape 
Howe. At four, hove to and sounded, but no bottom could be had 
with 90 fathoms ; the land extended in patches from west-north- 
west distant twenty-five or more leagues, to near the Ram Head at 
north ; and consequently the hills at the back of the Long Beach 
