TERRA AUSTRALIS, 
Caledon Bay ,] 
two stations on Point Middle, and others from a sandy hummock on 
Point Alexander. The natives came early to the tents, and behaved 
themselves tranquilly until noon ; when one of those who had been 
most kindly treated, ran off with a wooding axe, and from the thickness 
of the forest, eluded the pursuit made after him. The corporal and 
another marine, who had run after the Indian without their hats, re- 
ceived a coup-de-soleil, and were sent on board in a state nearly 
approaching to delirium ; but they happily recovered. 
Finding these people so determinately bent upon stealing every 
thing within their reach, I ordered lieutenant Fowler to watch an 
opportunity of seizing two of them ; and after a while to release 
one, making him understand that the other would be carried away 
in the ship, if the stolen axe were not returned. In the evening, 
I went over with two of the gentlemen to the south side of the bay ; 
for the purpose of taking a station upon a hill there named Mount 
Caledon, whose height exceeded that of any other near the water side. 
We landed at dusk, at the foot of the mount; and ascended 
the top next morning before the heat of the sun became excessive, 
passing in the way several streamlets which were coursing rapidly 
down to the sea. The view was fully equal to what had been anti- 
tipated, and extended to a projection half way to Point Arrowsmith 
on one side, and over all the islands in the entrance to Mount Alex- 
ander on the other. Out of thirty-nine bearings taken at this sta- 
tion, the following are selected as being most essential to the survey 
of the coast. 
The tents, - - N. zf 50' E. 
Point Alexander, the extremity, - N. 60 o E. 
Outer, and rather flat isle, N. 86° 15' to 88 22 E. 
Mount Alexander, the top - N. 37 30 E. 
Cape Grey, the outer rocks near it, S. 65 5 E. 
A southern projection of the coast, S. 14, 8 E. 
We returned to the ship in the afternoon, and the natives had 
not then approached the tents since the theft of the axe ; but next 
