SAILING DIRECTIONS. 
393 
of New South Wales ; his outline was found to be tole- 
rably correct, and my alterations have only been caused by 
better opportunities, and by the greater detail of my ope- 
rations. The general feature of the coast has scarcely re- 
quired correction ; the principal corrections have been in the 
number, size, and relative bearings of the coral reefs and 
islands that front it. 
In describing this route, the whole of the bearings are 
magnetic ; and the courses are freed from the effect of tide 
or current, since they are only temporary, and often of 
trifling importance*'^. 
DIRECTIONS. 
Having hauled round Breaksea Spit (see Flinders’s chart, 
sheet III.) in the evening, it would perhaps be dangerous to 
steer on through the night ; after running, therefore, to the 
W.N.W. for five or six leagues, bring to until daylight: 
but, if the day is before you, the course from the extremity 
of the spit is W.N.W.^W. for about a hundred miles. You 
will then be about twenty miles from Cape Capricorn : on 
your way to which you should pass about three miles within 
Lady Elliot’s Island, and also within the southernmost islet 
of Bunker’s Group, by which you will see how the current 
has effected your course, and you can act accordingly : if it 
has set you to the northward, you may pass on either side 
of or through the islands without danger. After making 
Cape Capricorn, you may leave it at a convenient distance, 
and, directing your course about N.W.b.N., pass either within 
or without the Peaked and Flat Islands off Port Bowen ; 
then, steering for the Percy Group, pass between the 2d 
and 3d Northumberland Islands. 
* In following these directions, reference should be made to the 
description of the coast, contained in this Appendix, between 
pages 358 and 307. 
A. 
Section 
VIII. 
Inner 
Route. 
