COASTS OF AUSTRALIA. 
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and three quarters fathoms, fine sand. At day- 
light the next morning, we were steering a course 
for the Percy Islands ; on our way to which we 
passed three or four miles to the eastward of the 
3d Northumberland Island, which is a steep 
rock crowned with pine-trees. 
At eleven o’clock we were half a mile from a 
low rock, that has not hitherto been noticed in the 
charts : it lies five miles N. 15° E. from the 3d 
island ; and being very low is dangerous for ves- 
sels passing near it in the night ; but with the 3d 
island in sight it may be easily avoided. Steer- 
ing on, we passed inside the rock that lies off the 
west end of the Percy Island, No. 1 ; and an- 
chored in its westernmost sandy bay, to the west- 
ward of the small Pine Islet, at about a quarter of 
a mile from the shore, in two and a half fathoms. 
The bank being very steep, the anchorage was 
not considered secure; but, as the wind blew off 
the land and the weather was fine, I was recon- 
ciled to remain. Upon examining the beach, it 
was found that our water might be very con- 
veniently completed at a stream which ran over 
its east end. I therefore determined upon taking 
this opportunity of filling our casks, as well as of 
repairing our small whale-boat ; whilst the sail- 
maker was employed in altering a tent, and a part 
of our crew in cutting wood. 
The birth-day of our late venerable and good 
1819. 
June 3. 
