Arrival at Botany Bay. 49 
George, ' ore W. diltant nineteen miles, and the Pigeon 
Hoiii'e, (the latitude and longitude of \vh ich I found to be 35 : 
1 9 S. and 209 : 42 W.) S. 75 W. In the morning, we had 
found the variation, by amplitude, to be 7 : 50 E. and by fe- 
veral azimuths 7 : 54 E. We had a frefh breeze at N. W. 
from noon dll three ; it then came to the well, when we tacked 
and Hood to the northward. At live in the evening, being 
about five or fix leagues from the Ihore, with the Pigeon Houle 
bearing W. S. W. diltant about nine leagues, we had eighty- 
fix fathom water ; and at eight, having thunder and lightning, 
with heavy fqualls, we brought to in 120 fathom. 
At three in the morning, we made fail again to the north- 
ward, having the advantage cf a frelh gale at S. W. At 
noon, we were about three or four leagues from the Ihore, 
and in latitude 34 : 22 S. longitude 208 : 36 W. In the courfe 
of this day’s run from the preceding noon, which was 
forty-five miles north eall, we law fmoke in feveral places 
near the beach. About two leagues to the northward of 
Cape George, the Ihore feemed to form a bay, which pro- 
njiled Ihelter from the north eall winds, but as the wind 
was with us, it was not in my power to look into it without 
b.eating up, which would have coll me more time than I was 
willing to fpare, The north point of this bay, on account of 
its figure, I named Long Nose ; its latitude is 35 : 6, and 
about eight leagues north cf it there lies a point, which, from 
tfie colour of the land about it, I called Red Point: its 
latitude is 34 : 49, and longitude 208 : 45 W. To the north, 
weft of Red Point, and a little way inland, Hands a round hill,, 
the top of which looks like the crown of a hat. In the after- 
noon of this day, we had a light breeze at N. N. W. till five 
ip the evening, when it fell calm : at this time, we were be- 
tween three and four leagues from the Ihore, and had forty- 
eight fathom water : the variation by azimuth was 8 : 48 E. 
aird the extremities of this land were from N. E. by N. to 
S. W. by S. Before it was dark, we faw fmoke in feveral 
places along the ihore, and a fire two or three times afterwards. 
During the night we lay becalmed, driving in before the fea 
till one in the morning, when we got a breeze from the land, 
with which >vefieered N. E, being then in thirty-eight fathom. 
At noon, it yeered to the N. E. by N. and we were then in 
latitude 34:10 S. longitude 208 : 27 W. : the land was 
diilant about five leagues, and extended from S. 37. W, to N. 
i E. In this latitude, there are fome white cliffs, which rile 
perpendicularly from the fea to ,a confiderable height. We 
IJood off the ihore till two o’clo k, and then tacked and flood 
in till fix, when we were within four or five miles of it, and 
at that diflance had fifty fathom water. The extremities of 
the land bcre from S. 38 W. to N. 25 : 30 J 2 . We now 
Yol.IL E tacked 
