222 SURVEY OP THE INTERTROPICAL 
1822. it was deemed most advantageous for the public 
Sept. 2s. service to return without making another voy- 
age. Accordingly, on the 25th of September 
we sailed from Sydney, with the intention of 
proceeding to the north through Torres’ Strait, 
and calling at the Mauritius on our way; but 
no sooner had we put to sea than a hard gale 
set in from the north, which induced me to bear 
up, and either to go round Van Diemen’s Land 
to the westward, if the wind should favour such 
a proceeding, or, by doubling the south end of 
New Zealand to make the eastern passage 
round Cape Horn. 
Oet. 6. Having reached the south-east end of Van 
Diemen’s Land on the 6th of October, and a 
fresh north-easterly wind setting in at the same 
time, I determined upon adopting the first plan ; 
and therefore proceeded round the south side of 
the island, in doing which I had an opportunity 
of verifying some observations formerly taken, 
by which it appeared, that the coast between 
Storm Bay and the South-west Cape was very 
erroneously laid down both by Captain Flinders, 
and the French expeditions under D’Entrecas- 
teaux and Baudin. 
On my voyage to Macquarie Harbour in 1819, 
I found so many errors in the bearings that were 
taken, as induced me to suspect an original 
