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the general outline of the beach as far as Point isis. 
Brogden, off which we were at sunset. To the April 10. 
eastward of Point Brogden, which is more ele- 
vated than other parts, the coast assumes a 
cliffy character, and trends to the N.W. towards 
De Courcy Head, which we reached before 
dark. 
During the night we were under weigh, and at n. 
daylight were near Grant’s Island, which we had 
seen on the 24th of last month : we then steered 
for the land, and reached De Courcy Head by 
eight o’clock, and were on the point of hauling 
round Cape Cockbum, to explore a bay that 
trended in on its western side, when the Malay 
fleet, which we passed the preceding evening, were 
seen standing towards us. Not liking to enter 
it until they had passed by, we made a trip off 
shore, but to our great mortification, no sooner 
had they reached the cape, than they hauled into 
the bay, and anchoring there, prevented, for the 
present, our visiting it ; we had no wish, in our 
defenceless state, to form a better acquaintance 
with so suspicious a crew. 
As the land to the westward of Cape Cockbum 
trended deeply into the S.W., and formed a deep 
bay, we steered on to examine it, whilst the 
Malays occupied the anchorage in what we 
afterwards called Malay Bay ; then passing 
