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1819 . ing S.S.E., and a point five or six miles south 
SeptTio. of Cape Hay, which bore N.E.b.E. The coast 
is sandy ; behind it there appeared a good deal 
of small stunted timber, and beyond this the 
range of Mount Goodwin was visible. Round 
Point Pearce the land trends in a S. 59i° E. 
direction, and forms a very deep indenture : on 
approaching this point, we observed an exten- 
sive dry reef, and breakers projecting from it 
to a considerable distance. No land was seen 
to the southward of south-east, but the hazy state 
of the weather prevented our seeing far, espe- 
cially land which is so low as to be scarcely dis- 
tinguishable beyond the distance of three or four 
leagues. As we approached Point Pearce, the 
soundings were very irregular, and generally 
upon a rocky bottom. We passed many rip- 
plings, occasioned by the tide setting round the 
point, and meeting the other tide from the south- 
ward. As these eddies were driving us towards 
the shore, we steered off south-west. At six 
o’clock, p.m., Point Pearce bore N. 65° E., eleven 
miles, and in a line with the hills about Mount 
Goodwin. Between this time and noon, the sound- 
ings were between nine and thirty-two fathoms, 
upon a rocky bottom. 
At sunset we were in fourteen fathoms, and, 
during the night, continued sounding on a rocky 
bottom, between ten and fourteen fathoms. 
