42 
A VOYAGE TO 
[East Coast. 
1802. nected this station with Port Curtis and Keppel Bay. The view was, 
Thurs. 26. indeed, most extensive from this hill; and in compliment to the 
landscape painter, who made a drawing from thence of Shoal-water 
Bay and the islands, I named it Mount W estall* The bearings most 
essential to the connection of the survey, were these ; 
Pier Head, the northern extreme, - N. 62° 40' W . 
Aken’s Island in Shoal- water Bay, - N. 86 55 W. 
Pine Mount, on its west side, - - S. 80 40 W. 
Double Mount, - - - - S. 56 35 W. 
Cape Manifold, highest peak behind it, - S. 20 10 E. 
West-water Head in Port Bowen, - - S. 30 25 E. 
Northern Harvey’s Isles, last station, - N. 81 20 E. 
Cape Townshend, north-east extreme, N. 20 25 W. 
Northumberland Isles, the 4th, a peak, N. 26 25 W. 
Mount Westall and the surrounding hills are stony, and of 
steep ascent ; pines grow in the gullies, and some fresh water was 
found there, standing in holes. The lower hills are covered with 
grass and trees, as is also the low land, though the soil be shallow 
and sandy; the wood is mostly eucalyptus. No natives were seen 
during our walk, and only one kanguroo. 
At dusk in the evening, when we returned on board, I found 
the Lady Nelson at anchor near us, and two boats absent from 
the ship. In hauling them up to be hoisted in, the cutter had 
been upset from the rapidity of the tides, which ran above four 
knots, the man in her was thrown out, and the boat went adrift. The 
man was taken up by the Lady Nelson ; but the boatswain, who 
with two men in a small gig had gone after the cutter, was not 
Friday 27. heard of till next morning, when he returned without any intelli- 
gence of his object, having been bewildered in the dark by the rapid 
tides in a strange place, and in danger of losing himself. 
On weighing the kedge anchor to go further up the passage, 
* A painting was made of this view, and is now in the Admiralty ; but it has not been 
engraved for the voyage. 
