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of the rest depended upon our speedy arrival in port, every other 1803 - 
consideration vanished; and I carried all possible sail, day and night, Monday" 30. 
making such observations only as could be done without causing 
delay. 
At day break, land was seen from the mast head bearing Tuesday si. 
S. W. by S., probably Three-hummock Island ; and at noon our 
Latitude observed was - 39 * 5 ^' 
Wilson’s Promontory, the S. W. part, bore N. 16^ E. 
Curtis’ largest Isle, the top, - - N. 51 E. 
Kent’s Group came in sight in the evening ; and a little before nine 
o’clock the centre of the larger isles was set at N. by E., when the 
Pyramid was distant four miles bearing S. ~ W. At eleven, we 
passed sufficiently near to the new rock, lying four leagues to the 
E. S. E. of the group, to hear the growling of the seals ; and land, 
apparently the Sisters, was distinguished soon afterward in the S. E., 
but too imperfectly to be known. A set of bearings here would 
have been essentially useful in fixing the relative positions of these 
lands, which remained in some degree doubtful ; but I dared not lose 
an hour’s fair wind to obtain them. 
On the 2nd of June we lost John Draper, quarter master, one June, 
of the most orderly men in the ship ; and it seemed to be a fatality, Thursdav 
that the dysentery should fall heaviest on the most valuable part of 
the crew. The wind had then veered against us, to the N. E., as it 
had done the year before in nearly the same situation ; and it should 
seem that the direction of the coast influences it to blow either from 
N. E. or S. W. The weather was so hazy, that the hills at the back 
of the Long Reach were not seen till the evening of the 3rd ; and on 
the 4th they were still visible, about twenty leagues to the N. 31° W. Saturday 4. 
A fair breeze sprung up in the night; and at noon next day, the land Sunday 5. 
from Cape Howe northward extended from S. 65° to N. 72* W., and 
a hill which appeared to be the highest of those behind Two-fold 
Bay, bore W. i° S. ; our latitude Was then 37* 13', and longitude by 
time keepers *150° 44' east. 
We steered a due north course, closing a little in with the 
