COASTS OP_ AUSTRALIA. 191 
of moderate height, very level, and offering 
no particular mark that could be set with any 
chance of recognition to obtain a cross bearing. 
As there is every reason to believe that this part 
of the coast is what was taken by former navi- 
gators for Cloates Island^-, I have named the 
southernmost point of the high land Point Cloates. 
At noon we were in latitude 21° 57' 5", having 
experienced a current of twenty-three miles to 
the north since yesterday at noon. The northern 
extreme, Vlaming’s Head, bore N.E.b.E.|E., and 
the south extreme S. 7° W. ; and in the bearing 
of between S. 32° to 82° E., the land is higher 
than in other parts, and declines very gradually 
towards the extreme. 
As the brig approached the land, breakers were 
seen to extend the whole length of the shore, 
which is fronted by a sandy beach : the land is 
of moderate height, but the summit is rather 
more rugged than that to the southward, where 
the outline is perfectly level. At half-past three 
o’clock Vlaming Head bore south, six miles and 
three-quarters oflf: at four o’clock the latitude, 
by the moon’s meridional altitude, was found to 
be 21° 38’ 27", at which time sights were taken 
for the chronometer, which made the longi- 
tude of the head 114° 2’ 16": the situation as- 
*■ See voL i, p. 443. 
1822. 
Jan. 29. 
