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to tow,. At aw n it was a matter of great doubt, whether we
eh®«id-Ao(trhev fa c ed io anchor, the bay being, vary ;deep, iWO'
could hardly «lead i t with a steady btee*e, Opr, latitude -was
38° SI' S, Cape Bridgewater thenbearing N- W;., by: M. twelte
or thirteen called tije.other Gape poison after the vessel.
At one, a light breeze sprung up, whaph with tfie-jhoat
aheacLigpt ns clear of the shorej
i %,;5th-P. M. light airs, and a vWyfoeavyrolling sweB,setting
in upon thpsfaore. Saw several fires, Being rather too far
Into thh Bay, which is deep, I was fin some time F^y^donbtfiul
whether we .should not foe obliged to trust to our amrtfefc A
light breeze springing, up, and the boat being ahead towingwe
got our head tojtbe ?Fh®vWi^.:C»f>e I called Bridgewater
as already mentioned, and that to the Easfo.Mefeon. T b is is a
-very deep Bay j [and with S. winds ought (Carefully to be awided.
Cape poison bears from Cape Bridgewater IB.-NT. E, fifteesc-or
sixteen miles. The country is beautiful, apparently a. good soil,
plenty o f grass and .fine woods. Towards evening saw many
fires a little Way inland. Many seals and porpoises abontte*-
day. A t# ii in the evening we had a mkxteeate breeze ifeona
’S .S . E. Cape Bridgewater bearing N, by E. fouir leagues, -and
Cape Nelson E .N . E. distant six leagues'. Vi Got initfoe fooMs,
tacked occasionally-during the eight» working#o windward. At
five A. M. saw another Cape not unlike theDedman inthe-Eai§-
lisfo Channel; it runs a considerable way into fhe sfea, . When
to the W. it appears like a long barn, arched on tbd.i«$i with
a high bluff, and next the sea.resembling the gable-end of a
house. I named-this land Sir William Grant's Cape. Off
this Cape are two small islands, the largest appears like two,
having two humtaocks joined together by >a neck of low land,
which is not seen till pretty «dose. "On approaching, the smaller
island is seen a little nearer the shore. These I called Lawrence
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rente's dslands^ after Captain Lawrence, one of the Elder Bre-*
thren of the Trinity- Houses As they will be an excellent mark
fin' making this jfart/ and save much trouble to those who have
not an opportunity to keep far enough to the N. to make Cape
Northumberland, and -being viry remarkable^-navigators will
knew where they are as they draw abreast of them. The largest
beiiig/to the-S. with its two hummocks, its outer e p d from the
shops appears like ayquare-topt tower very high with a.white
spotfin the middle of it, which X suppose proceeds'from* birds.
The other end is>also.: vqty high. Thisdslandappears,>.exactly*
as here described, when it bears. N. oar N. by. W. % W- when
thereis an offing of ten or twelve miles from it. Lawrence^
Islands bear from Cape iSir William Grant S, E. or S. E.- by ’S-
twelvel miles^distant, and therf appears n® dangerrbfetweep
them and the shore. The Cape“ now losesits long form as the,j
wessefigets? to the E. and its particular shape-which was discernible
when to theW. changes to a high bluff: point, Steep, and
inaccessible. The land round it is-moderately high with much
Wood. \ M any fires were seen about this. C ape.. The land from
it runs to the N. a s fa ra s th d ey.ecan reach or discern from. the
mast-head. I wished much for the wind from the < ife that I
might explore the land, as. I think there, must be harbours in it,
but having it 1 ight from the S.B. Ei. varying, every quarter of an
bout' to E.JS. E. I could not throw away time in atempting it.
The bottom of the Bay is hardly discernible from the masthead.
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‘‘ 6th, P. M. light breezes and cloudiyweather; tacked occasionally
keeping-’the shore on board. At three,■ made aj-pon&i-
derahle large island, h%h and inadte&pWe on, a-lljgidfs-: T ty a s
covered with grass but no trees. This island "bears about .E.S.E.
ftem*Cape Sip William Grant. By a gaod observation, at noon
fifilpwing, I made its latitude to -be 9. Idfigitede by my
account,