TO 8 W H I T E ’ s J O tr/R N A L - O-F A
1^88: to vifit, hereafter, .this1 extensive'coaft,- as- to-navigation -at
January. ^ ]arge. The affiftance "of Lieutenant Bradley,- -firft of the
Sirius^(who likewife is an officer of- more- than common
abilities,}y;as a navigator- in condu^tii^g a eoiivoy-in a track1 fo
r little known* muft have been pleafing-etb -GaplkinACHun*-
ter. •-r> 1 ^ Jv.-i y
As we -run‘in with- the- land,* which -pretty high,'
^ e were furprifed to fee, a t ^ this '-feafon | 'of ^he-ye^r^^trtJ
fmall patches of fnow. The I hazTe j being7*d-ifperfed, by
a gentle-hreeze iat N. N. W. we could JofefeWeji ..and hear,
as we were not more than fix or^filyen ‘miles, from khib Ihordy
the .Turf beating high 'arid loudly againft forne- uneven
rocks which jutted nut, in ftrange projections, into the feaj
This part of the.coaft, as far as we -could Tie^'d^bold^
hregula^ and craggy:; and very few<treefyj ok-^ppehrahee^fi
verdure,.;?to be feeri. .At*.-four in-thel-afterhopni- being
about fix or eight miles to the eafWard o f the eastward-
moft rock, called ;the Mewftone 1 ‘(there-being feverahothers
which we diftinCtiy faw-)y! bearing' N. N. W. we difcovered
to the weftward of. them fome eminences, which probabjy-
might he? illaridsTi oi^oif notj jfbxhe dand running' •■aj^nlib
derable way into the fea. For/my own part I afaiinclined'
VOYAGE' TO NEW SOÜTH VVAL£S.
to bélièVè the latter'to be'*th#bc^fè’^ though‘ the diftance
wks $o© 'g r e a t ' c b n e l t i f i V e fopihion‘ ùpBn it,
aVia 1’arge f&iöke* w^slfeétf clofe* to^thé irinermoft height
About' ffeve'n] * tfo • 'the ^#Award; along' ' ffibrey
n'Carlçpât t%fe‘ difiai$e'è‘ milesf&lfeh^Well in with the
weftward-möft’ point vétf^kt0 b^fballe#Stortó -'Bay,
'Md d öWn ’ TriMatV-44b khd Ibhg.^'e^Er tvë' :diféoverëâ‘
§ Willy bearing f'SWaWd â*hi€tle * tó ^'iM-'feaft ward oft it
â‘ ■ fmâlfdïôek'tÉfing-i''oUt>hf^hbli fëà,;, 'diftingtiMed^ by fthe
name of the Eddyftohe, jlorh ifÿ rêfemblaticë' to the Eddy-*
ft’onfe l^ght-hö\ïfe^-öffi Plyffibuthf4 which 1 w-as5 very! p'eid'
Ceptible >‘at J the* 'diftance we7Were~ then * from Öür
being - Clofe **'irf^ with 'ifhe'■ land;- prerentecl^us- ,ffomr “feeing
either' of thefe before,-j à's tbëÿblie ?at- 1-éaft fîx' -âr fêvèn
léagiüfcsa©Ut:ltd*-fea'. '-From 'the S; -W. 1eâpê|'-^hîbÿfi$es
^feulât. ^3^39^ - and'Tong* i $5 W^W^fttoftthW Slfë^çaÿe,'
which-is Admitted to be- T afman-’s ‘South' (3ape$ is- aljbb’t
the' diftanfce- o f . ISfCeeift of fixteeri*’ lêagùes. ’-A ^ w e '^glé
to\the • eâftWald?, We faw manyvlreësf‘^moftlÿ?bf ■ 'ar dwarif or
ftunted kind, With a 'whitifh7 barkft a¥fd “perfeâl^lé’aflefsJ
This >part of thé- cötntry ftill continued'•"to'7 hé* a rough,
rugged,-uneven trait, JwithvVery îittlé ippeâràrice of fertility.