COASTS OF AUSTRALIA, 
281 
At daylight of the 11th, no land was in sight, 1819. 
we therefore stood to the southward to make it, Sept 11. 
but were obliged to tack off without seeing any, 
as we shoaled rather suddenly to five fathoms. 
We then stood to the north-east, close to a fresh 
land wind from the E.3.E., which brought with it 
a very unpleasant warmth. As we approached 
Point Pearce, the land of which, at nine o’clock, 
came in sight, the water deepened to fifteen and 
eighteen fathoms. At half-past ten o’clock we 
were within three miles of the point ; when the 
wind died away, and from the ebbing tide we 
very soon lost what we had gained during the 
morning; for there was no anchoring ground fit 
to trust our only remaining anchor upon. At 
noon we were about ten miles south-west from 
Point Pearce. The wind then springing up from 
the south, sail was set, but the tide being adverse, 
very little better than a north-east course was 
made good. Soon after sunset, being three or 
four miles to the S.S.W. of Point Pearce, we 
tacked to the southward, with the intention of 
steering on to make what progress we could 
during the night. 
The attempt was hazardous, as we were stran- 
gers to the part ; but, if some little risk was not 
run, we had no chance of penetrating. From 
fifteen fathoms we deepened to twenty-one, but 
