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A VOYAGE TO 
[North Coast. 
isos, was low, mostly sandy, and covered with wood behind the beaches ; 
December. J “ 
Tuesday 28. and except that some places on the shore were rocky, it altogether 
resembled the more eastern parts of the gulph. At dusk, the anchor 
was let go in 6 fathoms, mud and shells. 
Wednes. 29. A small reef was seen in the morning, two miles to the north- 
east of the ship, and about seven from the coast. We passed half 
a mile to windward of it, with fathoms, and stretched off' to sea 
until noon, with the usual north-western wind ; the latitude was then 
15* 7 ', longitude 135° 40', and we tacked towards the land, which 
was notin sight from the mast head. At six in the evening it was 
distant two leagues, and the extremes bore S. 26“ E. to 74 0 W. , 
the first being the same part which had been set at N. 36° W., 
the evening before. At seven, we tacked from the shore in gi 
fathoms, and on the water deepening to 4, anchored on coarse 
Thur*. 30. sandy ground. In working along the shore next day, we met with 
a shoal of sand and rocks, as far as three leagues off’ the land ; 
the outer part, upon which we had less than fathoms at noon, 
lying in 15° 13' south and 136° 16' east. After getting clear of this 
danger, we stretched off' until dusk ; and then anchored in 9 fathoms, 
grey sand, some back hills being visible in the S. W. by W., but no 
part of the low shore. 
Friday 3i. We had the wind at W. by S. in the morning, and stood off* 
until noon, nine or ten leagues from the coast ; two small lumps of 
land were then seen, bearing S. 53 0 and 58° W., and at the masthead 
they were perceived to join, and apparently to form an island. On 
the wind veering to the south and eastward we steered for it, and 
before sunset got to an anchor in a small bay on its south side, in 4 
fathoms, the extremes of the island bearing N. 8i e E. one mile and 
a half, to S. 83° W. three miles. The main land was visible three or 
four leagues to the southward, and a projecting part of the back 
hills, which at first made like a head land, bore S. 3 0 W. 
A similar error to that at the Capes Van Diemen and Vanderlin 
has been made here in the Dutch chart, this island being represented 
