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A VOYAGE TO 
[North Coast. 
1803 . The w i n( j had been from the southward, but on closing in 
February. _ ° 
Thurs. io. with the coast at Mount Alexander it came from M. W. by N., and 
edged us off a little from the land. At sunset the shore was three 
or four miles distant, and 
Mount Alexander bore - S. 53 0 W. 
A hummock at the furthest extreme, - N. 9 E. 
We steered on till eight o’clock, and then anchored in 21 fathoms, 
Friday ii. blue mud. At daylight, the shore was found to be distant four or 
five miles ; the furthest part then seen was near the eastern extremity 
of Arnhem’s Land, and this having no name in the Duch chart, is 
called Cape Arnhem. 
Mount Alexander was set at S. 4,8 s W. 
Two rocks under the shore, dist. 5 or 6 miles, N. 15 W. 
Cape Arnhem, rising land within the extremity, N. n- W. 
From Mount Alexander to Cape Arnhem there is nine leagues 
of waving sandy coast ; it affords only one small opening, which is 
on the south side of a cliffy point, with two islets lying off’the en- 
trance, and may probably afford shelter for boats. 
At eight in the morning we passed Cape Arnhem, a smooth 
grassy projection which rises gently from the water’s edge into the 
country, but is no where of much elevation ; a broad rock lies near 
the south-eastern extremity, and its position was ascertained to be 
12 0 19' south, and 137 0 1' east. Strong ripplings of a tide or cur- 
rent extended some distance off' the cape, and in passing through 
them we had irregular soundings between 27 and 18 fathoms; be- 
yond Cape Arnhem the shore trended N. W. by N., in rocky points 
and shallow bights, but the wind being from that direction, we could 
not follow it closely. The furthest land visible at noon was a flat- 
topped hill which I call Mount Saunders, and nearer to us was a higher 
and more woody hill, also flat-topped and steep at its north end, to 
which is given the name of Mount Dundas ; their bearings, and our 
position at this time were as under : 
