8 
A VOYAGE TO 
[East Coast . 
iso2. and the wind being moderate from the south-westward, it was con- 
Ju!y ‘ tinued until ten o’clock ; after which we stood off and on till day- 
Wednes. 28. light, and then had Indian Head bearing S. 54 W. one mile and a 
half. This head was so named by captain Cook, from the great 
number of Indians assembled there in 1770. Mr. Westall’s sketch of 
it, taken as we steered close along the shore for Sandy Cape, will 
riiexvjn. show that the same sterility prevailed here as in the southern part 
View 40 of the peninsula ; and it continued to the northern extremity. 
At eleven o’clock we reached Sandy Cape, and the master was 
sent a-head to sound in a small passage through Break sea Spit. 
The ship followed under easy sail, until we got into 3 fathoms ; and 
the master not making the signal for any deeper water, I tacked 
and called the boat on board. The channel appeared to go quite 
through the Spit, into Hervey’s Bay ; but as there were, in many 
parts, not more than 2 fathoms, it can be passed only by small ves- 
sels. At noon, 
Sandy Cape, distant 2 miles, bore - S. (>4, 0 tO 80 W. 
Indian Head, distant 7 leagues, - S. 12 E. 
Our observations fixed Sandy Cape in 24° 42' south, and 153 0 16' 
east, being 3' north, and 7' east of the position assigned to it by 
captain Cook. 
At one o’clock we steered northward, close to the edge of 
Break-sea Spit, searching for a passage through it into Hervey’s 
Bay. There were many small winding channels amongst the 
breakers, and a larger being perceived at three, the boat was sent to 
make an examination ; in the mean time, the wind having shifted to 
north-west and become very light, we dropped the stream anchor 
two miles from the Spit, in 11 fathoms, fine grey sand. The channel 
where the boat was sounding, and out of which a tide came of more 
than one mile an hour, bore W. by N. ^ N., and Sandy Cape S. 24°. 
to 41 0 W., about three leagues. 
Soon after sunset the master returned, and reported the 
channel to be nearly a mile and a half wide, and that it went quite 
