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course, had no bottom with ninety-five fathoms : I8i9- 
at noon our latitude was 21° 23' 24", and Ion- Nov. 22 . 
gitude 106° 41/, when no bottom was reached 
with eighty fathoms. 
The wind continued with little variation be- 
tween S.E.b.S. and S.E.b.E., until we reached 
the latitude of 27|°, and 102° 20' E. ; here we 
had light southerly winds for two days, after 
which the S.E. winds carried us as far as 32° S., 
and 99° 45' E. ; between this and 34° S., we had 
variable light airs from E.S.E. to S.S.W. After- 
wards alternate northerly and southerly winds, 
with fine weather and top-gallant breezes, carried 
us as far as latitude 38°, and longitude 117J. 
From this we ran along the south coast of New 
Holland, with strong gales between S.S.W. and 
West; but on approaching Bass’ Strait, the winds 
hung to the southward, and veering afterwards to 
S.E. we were driven to the northward. 
On the 24th December, at eight p.m., we Dec, 24 . 
made the land between Cape Northumberland 
and Cape Buffon, but from light baffling winds 
had advanced no farther, by noon (27th), than 2 7 . 
four or five miles S.S.W. of Lady Julia Percy’s 
Isle. This island is incorrectly laid down in 
Captain Flinders’ chart, owing to the very un- 
favourable weather which he experienced in 
passing this part of the coast ; we found it to 
