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A VOYAGE TO 
[East Coast. 
Au^t t ^ ie even ’ n & we came to, in 10 fathoms fine grey sand, one mile 
Tuesday 24. and a half from the main ; being sheltered between N. E. by E. and 
E. by S. by the same cluster of small isles upon which the pine trees 
Wednes. 25 . had been first seen. In the morning we worked onward along the 
coast, against a breeze at north-west, till ten o’clock ; when the tide 
being unfavourable, an anchor was dropped in 15 fathoms, sand 
and shells, near three islets, of which the middlemost and highest, 
bore S. 29 0 E., one mile: these were also a part, and the most north- 
ern of Harvey’s Isles. 
A boat was lowered down, and I landed with the botanical 
gentlemen on the middle islet ; where we found grass and a few 
shrubs, and also ants, grasshoppers, and lizards. Upon the rocks 
were oysters of the small, crumply kind, which seemed to indicate 
that the sea here is not violently agitated ; and in the water we saw 
several large turtle, but were not able to harpoon any of them. 
Several of the Northumberland Isles were in sight from the top of 
the islet, and the following observations were taken. 
Latitude, observed in artificial horizon, - 22° 20' 42" 
Longitude, deduced from survey, - - 150 42 
Peaked Islet in the offing bore - - S. 35 35 E. 
Island Head, distant 3 miles, - - S. 82 45 W. 
Cape Townshend, the rock near it, - N. 57 45 W. 
Northumberland Isle, the 4th, a peak, - N. 43 30 W. 
When the tide slacked in the afternoon we stretched over to- 
wards Island Head, and saw a canoe with two Indians, who made for 
the shore near a place where the woods were on fire. At dusk we 
anchored in 18 fathoms, soft mud, in a bight between Island Head 
and Cape Townshend, at the bottom of which was an opening one 
mile wide, where captain Cook had suspected an entrance into Shoal- 
water Bay. The Lady Nelson had fallen to leeward, as usual; and 
Thurs. 26 . not being come up in the morning, the master was sent a-head of 
the ship in a boat, and we steered for the opening with a strong 
flood tide in our favour. From 22 fathoms, the water shoaled to 12, 
and suddenly to 3, on a rocky bottom, just as we reached the 
