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within the reefs. The wind blew so fresh during 1 ^- 
the night that having only the stream anchor down, June 21 . 
it had imperceptibly dragged through the mud 
for nearly a mile to the north-west. 
At daylight we got under sail, but the weather 22 . 
had clouded in and bore a very unsettled appear- 
ance. After steering outside the easternmost 
island of Barnard’s Group, we passed Double 
Point ; two miles north of which a small opening 
was seen trending in to the south-west. Between 
Double Point and Frankland Islands Captain 
Cook did not see the coast, having passed it 
during the night ; we, therefore, traced it with 
some care, but found nothing worth particular 
notice, being a continuity of sandy bays formed 
by projecting heads, in some of which natives 
were observed walking. 
At llh. 30m., a.m., we passed Point Cooper. 
The summit of the back hills (which were named 
by Mr. Cunningham’s desire, after John Bellenden 
Ker, Esq.) now began to be enveloped in clouds, 
and the wind to increase ; and no meridional 
altitude was obtained, from the unfortunate state 
of the weather. At one o’clock we passed 
between Frankland’s largest Island and a group 
of four smaller ones, which are connected together 
by a surrounding rocky reef. At four o’clock we 
anchored in abay on the north-west side of Fitzroy 
