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aground, I went off with Mr. Brown in my boat, and reached the 
ship at seven o'clock, and in the evening, the brig arrived. 
Lieutenant Fowler had gone through the most essential duties, 
and the ship was nearly ready for sea ; but on landing at the tents I 
found that the time keepers had been let down, and the business of 
finding new rates for them was to be recommenced. This accident 
would require a week to be repaired ; and being unwilling to remain 
so long inactive, I determined to leave Mr. Flinders at Upper Head, 
and take the ship over to the inner end of Thirsty Sound, where it 
appeared there was something to correct in captain Cook’s chart. 
The Lady Nelson had lost two sheets of copper, and the Saturday is. 
trunks of the sliding keels required some reparation ; I therefore 
desired lieutenant Murray to lay his vessel on shore and get these 
matters arranged, to cut wood for himself, and be ready to sail in a 
week for Torres’ Strait ; and his stock of water was completed out of 
the Investigator. 
On the 19th in the morning we unmoored the ship, and a Sunday 19. 
little before low tide stretched over towards Thirsty Sound ; but the 
numerous shoals to be encountered, and which cannot be concisely 
described otherwise than in a chart, caused much delay ; and it 
was near noon of the day following before we anchored at the Monday 20 . 
south end of Long Island, in 3 fathoms, and about one mile from 
the low mangrove shore. At the south end of the island was 
a small hill, bearing S. 55 0 E. one mile and a half from the ship, 
where I landed with a party of the gentlemen ; it forms the west 
point of the inner entrance to Thirsty Sound, as some low red cliff's, 
one mile and a half distant, do the east point ; but a shoal, dry at 
low water, lies in the middle, and the channels on each side are not 
calculated for a ship. The small hill was found to be on a detached 
islet one mile long, the greater part of which is mud covered with 
mangroves ; the hill is partly excavated by an arched way running 
through it, and the stone is of a mixed red and white colour, and of 
an ochry consistence. From the highest top, I set 
1802. 
September. 
Friday 17. 
