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account, reckoning from Cape Northumberland, (which I sup-
poseis in 142° E. of Greenwich)' I make 144° 40' E. it bearing
from me when the observation was taken N. N. B . distant
eighteen or twenty miles, my latitude observed being 38°45': S.
I nam ed this'island Lady Julia’s, in honour of Lady Jul ia
Percy. ' Observed we ran faster along the land than our distance
by log gave us, owing probably to a considerable daft to
the E. \ ^
7th. By’ the mean of four azimuths apd amplitudes the
variation: is 2°:50'fE- We had now fresh breezes :and-eloudy
weather; we ran under a commanding sail during the night; the
wind a tS .S . W. and S.W. At day-light we saw the land making
a Cape ahead, hauled up to clear iL; This;Cape ls^due
E. S» E . with'a moderate offing from. Gape,Sir William Grant,
distant by log seventy miles. I t is the E. .promontory of this
deep and extensive Bay, I named it Cape Albany Otway, in
honour of William Albany Otway, Esq. Captain in the Royal
Navy, and one of the Commissioners of the Transport Board,
Another very high and considerable Cape bearing from the last
E.S. E. I called Patton’s Cape.. I t is distant .from Cape-Albany
Otway eight or ten miles, E. N; E. half E. I also distent
guished the Bay by the name of Portland Bay, in honour-jof
Mb Grace the Duke of Portland. The land is here truly picturesque
and beautiful, resembling very .much that about
Mount Edgecumbenear Plymouth, which faces the Sound.,It
abounds in wood, very thick groves, and large trees.* I t is
moderately high but not mountainous. We did not see any
fires on it, probably from th e shore being inaccessible, and
mueh surf breaking on it. From Cape Albany Otway E.H. E.
* Mr. Black, in the Harbinger, was close in with the land, and describes it nearly'the
same as LieutenantGrant. P. G. K. ten
tenor twelve'miles is another Point of Land, which appears is
a vessel rounds the former Cape to the E. Ifeis father highland,
with: a qhdmjk of trees, las if .regularly -planted on its brow.
Thinking.frdm its projection-wefGduld.find ahchoragë ufidér it,
and as. we. had à commanding breeze .a t W. SvWi I bofe in
pretty* close ; but as-.we ^/approached I found'-.several heavy
breakers a | least, six miles from the shore;, .but not a rock to be
seên: Iithsrefofd hauled off,’ and named the point of'land,
Cape Danger*. | In getting to the E. I pould not find any shelter,'
nor any place, where there wasaJikelihood'of anchoring;
but from the number b f little'juts,; and low p o in ts ^ land further
ho the N. and E. I was.determined to.try if ahÿ such pladè
could be got. I never- saw a finer country,’ the valleys appeared
to have plenty of fresh water meandring through^ them. At
elfeven A. M. I ordered the boats out, manned-and rarmed/and
went in search of a'plac'd to land on. of anchorman. , Weight
within a cable’s length and an. half of the shore; but Adding the
surf, breaking, heavy, I deemed, it not prudent' to' attempt landing.
The shore was à sandy beach’, with smalt hocks intqtt
spersed .here and . there. In trying for soundings^ with a hand
lead line, none" could, b.e found ; so that I really, think the
beach is.«.teep also. I was very much disappointed’ iri being/so
near, and obliged'to return oh board without." setting foot on this
beautiful spot. I t resembles the Isle of Wight as b ea r as possible
in its appearance from the water ; I theréfofë.rcâlled this
part,of the coast,.(which falls info the bottom’ ofrthe smalt Bay
from Cape Danger to th ey e ry low land, which:is? distinguished
by a long ridge .of breakers off it.,) Wight’s* Land, in honour bf
Captain Wight of the Royal Navy, son-in-law to Commissioner
Schank. On our return we got the boats in,'and b y ofesfemtion
I found thelatitude to* b e '§8° ’52' S: about eight miles from tjÿ
' . .35 ^ ‘ * shore;