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Towards Port Jackson ] TERRA AUSTRALIS, 
Cape Arid, top of the mount, - N. 74|° W . 
Cape Pasley, - , - - N. 26 W. 
Two south-east isles, - - S. 19 W. 
Reef, distant 4 or 5 miles, S. 16 E, 
Small round isle, dist. 4 or 5 leagues, N. 88 E. 
We passed within three miles of the round isle at dusk, and 
saw no other danger near it than the two rocks, which are very dis- 
tinguishable ; the weather was squally, but as I did not expect to 
meet with any more dangers, we kept on, steering seven points from 
the wind all night, with the precaution of having a warrant officer 
at the look-out. In the way to Bass’ Strait I wished to have com- 
pleted the examination of Kanguroo Island, and also to run along 
the space of main coast, from Cape Northumberland to Cape Otway, 
of which the bad weather had prevented a survey in the former year; 
1S03. 
May. 
Saturday 21. 
but the sickly state of my people from dysentery and fever, as also 
of myself, did not admit of doing any thing to cause delay in our 
arrival at Port Jackson, 
In the afternoon of the 23rd, being in latitude 3 5° 10' and Ion- Monday 2s, 
. . . (Atlas, 
gitude 128° 54', the variation was observed with three compasses to Plate 11L) 
be 4 0 38' west, when the ship’s head was at magnetic east ; this cor- 
rected, will be i° 46' west, agreeing with the observations on each 
side of this longitude in sight of the coast. On the 26th, in 37 0 53' Thursday 2c. 
south and 135° 48' east, with the head S. E. by E., the variation was 
gg' west, or i° 17’ east corrected ; and in the same longitude at 
the head of Port Lincoln, we had found i° 39' east. This day James 
Greenhalgh, serjeant of marines, died of the dysentery ; a man 
whom I sincerely regretted, from the zeal and fidelity with which 
he had constantly fulfilled the duties of his situation. 
The winds continued to blow strong, usually between South 
and W. S. W. ; but the ship did not at any time leak more than 
five inches an hour. On the 29th, when approaching Bass’ Strait, 
the breeze died away, and after some hours calm sprung up from the Sunday 29. 
northward ; next day at noon, our latitude was 40° 25-3 > longitude Monday 30. 
*43° 8', and we sounded with 98 fathoms, no ground, At two o’clock piatevi.) 
