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nearly the lame as thole which they had feen in Shoal’ B a y jb u t thefe1
had not any curved entrance to keep out the weather, nor was-the-
hut any fmaller in that part than elfewhere, but the-fides and roof
were equally calculated" to-ihelter the inhabitants- from, a- floral. In-
one of them was found a fmall and very light Ihield, and in another
an old net, which had a bag- to■ it-, and was knotted and
made in the fame way as it would- have been i f made by an European
feine maker. It appeared to be intended for a. fcoop net..
There were marks of a large kangooroo having palled,, and many;
' traces of dogs were vifible on the beach..
In returning to the Hoop they palled'a dry Ihoal lying at the entrance
o f the river, the deep channel into which was between this»
Ihoal and Point Skirmilh, where they found from three to fix-
fathoms water.
Before he left the Hoop Mr. Flinders had' given directions to examine
a part on the ftarboard fide, where he fufpeCted the leak, tty
be ; and on his return was informed, that it was found to-have-
been occafioned by the ftarting o f a plank from the timber about
three or four ftreaks from the keel; The caulker had filled it up-
with oakum from-, the infide, fince which. Ihe had made. but. little;
water lying at an anchor.
From the fituation in which the Hoop lay, the bay had. not any;
appearance of doling round,, hut.Teemed to pronufe- a large- river at;
its head, and a communication with Moreton Bay, if not fomething.
more iuterefting; At three-in the afternoon they, got under weigh
to proceed up this- river, with a light air from the northward; Handing
to the fouthward until dark, at which time they, anchored,:
about three miles from the weftern Ihore, in five fathoms, on a foft,-
muddy bottom, whereas the ground before had. always beenTandy...
GHAP.
C I I A P. X X .
F U R T H E R ? PRO C E ED IN G S .- IN G L A S S -H O U S E - B A Y ,— R E D C L IF F P O I N T -
N E T S OP T H E N A T IV E S— M O R E TO N B A Y FOUND TO B E A N I S L A N D .
— T H E SLOOP- P R E P A R E D FO R A N A T T A C K OF T H E N A T IV E S— T H E
E V E N T — A C C O U N T OF. A N , I S L A N D — E N T E R P U M IC E - S T O N E R IV E R .
— S E E SOME N A T L V E S— T H E L E A K . IN T H E SLOOP S TO P P ED— IN T E R V
IEW S W IT H N A T IV E S— M R . F L IN D E R S V I S IT S . T H E G LA S S -H O U S E -
P E A K S— A C C O U N T OF T H E C O U N T R Y * R E T U R N DOWN T H E R IV E R .
— O T H E R IN T E R V IEW S W IT H " N A T IV E S— T H E IR M A N N E R OF F ISH IN
G — S IN G 1N D — D A N C IN G — O T H E R ' P A R T IC U L A R S OF , A N D SOME
-C O N JE C T U R E S R E S P E C T IN G T H E M — Q U IT PU M IC E - S T O N E R IV E R , A N D -
G LA S S -H O U S E B A Y .
A .T day-light in the morning o f Wednefday the 17th, the Hoop,
was got under weigh, and turned up with a foutherly breeze, as
tong as the flood tide lafled, anchoring about half paft ten o’ clock,
a mile and a half from a point with red cliffs. A little to the . weft-
ward of this point, Mr. Flinders .found the latitude: to be 27° 16'
2:5" fouth. The -rocks here were o f Hone, ftrongly impregnated
with iron, having fome. fmall - pieces of granite and cryftal flattered
about the Ihore; -
From Red-cliff Point, they pulled over to a green head-land,
about two miles to the weftward. The fmall reefs which la y o ff
this head prefented a miniature o f thofe which form fuch a barrier
to the northern Ihore of: New South-Wales, and render it almoft-:
inacceffible.
- In a houfe which flood upon - the weft fide of the head, they-
found a-net, or feine, about fourteen fathoms long, the melhes of-
which were much larger than any Englilh feine, and the twine
much ftronger ; but its depth was. much lefs, being not . more than.
, - three.1