Part 10 (1/2)
”Saturday, August 21st At half-past 4 PM saw the Investigator bearing north-north-west, at sundown the Investigator bore north-west by north distant 10 ar Loaf Island bore west by north distant 4 or 5 miles, the Low Island south-west by west distant 3 or 4 un fired froun fired which we answered At daylight made all sail to come up with Commodore At 20 past 11 caust 22nd AM Sent the First Mate and a party to water and wood the vessel; hoisted our main keel ( That is the one, thisIsland on Monday 9th instant, when running down to the Investigator It also accounts for her not sailing so fast as formerly AM Received one boat-load of water I went on shore to the watering-place, it lies between two hills of a considerable height and springs out of a rock--the water is both good and clear, it is convenient to be got at ( The shi+ps anchored in Port Bowen or Number 2 Port, named by Flinders in honour of Captain Jas Bowen of the Navy, and the hilly projection on the side of its entrance, Cape Clinton after Colonel Clinton of the 85th Regiully to a little beach between two projecting heads The gully will be easily known, but Mr Westall's sketch will obviate any difficulty There were pine trees in the gully, but the best were on Entrance Island, so fit for topmasts I was surprised to see trees (upon Hervey Isles) rese the pines of Norfolk Island”
Flinders) Latitude (good) observed 22 degrees 28 ust 23rd Reported our ust 24th PM Hoisted in our launch and secured everything for sea At daylight weighed and ator By half-past 7 AM got out of the bay and at 11 AM ca south by east 1/2 east Distant 1 1/2 miles Hope Point south by west 6 or 7 miles and the northern entrance south-south-west 2 hed in coator and hed in coator, worked to ard until 10 AM when the Investigator ca and we came tobetween Rocky Island and thenorth-east by north distant 2 1/2 milesthe nearest of the Pine Islands, south-east by east distant 3 ator lifted her anchor and worked to ard At half-past 4 PM saw a native fire ahead At daylight weighed with a light air at north-west By 6 AM the Investigator got close into an opening (seee bay ( Shoal Water Bay or Number 3 discovered port See Flinders)) and hoisted out 2 boats, at 8 AM she bore up for the entrance and we folloithout sweeps rowing At half-past 8 AM observed the Investigator to anchor and shortly after ere obliged to drop our kedge close to the rocks of the south-eastern entrance I went on shore with a s of Shoal Water Bay and the islands here Flinders nah hill Mount Westall in compliment to his landscape painter) I saw on the beach the foot else worth e extent and safe for shi+pping Latitude observed 22 degrees 19 ust 27th At 2 PM the tide having so frohed andpassed the Investigator by about a quarter of a mile came to in 6 fatho to the flood and in half an hour its rate was found to be 3 1/2 knots per hour, it increased from that very nearly 5 knots and its rise 11 feet ( This place was nae) At 6 PM one of the Investigator's boats got upset under our stern and one man thrown into the water by the accident He drifted doith the tide and our boat picked hiot the vessel under weigh and let her drift up the bay with the tide having from 6 to 10 fathoator anchored a little before us Frorees east
”Saturday, August 28th At 2 PM I received orders to get the vessel under weigh and proceed up the bay--half-past 2 PM weighed andus At half-past 3 PM perceived the Investigator to be aground in consequence of which we let go our kedge and I went in the boat ahead At 5 PM on the Investigator floating; again got under weigh, kept standing up the bay sounding and nals At 6 PM anchored with the sust 29th At daylight weighed in coator andfrom 3 fathorees 20 ust 30th At 4 PM in company with the Commodore made sail a little further up the bay; we perceived a shoal nearly dry on the south-east end, it seemed to lie nearly in that direction for perhaps two miles Waited on Captain Flinders who desired me to send our main keel on board in order to be repaired and at the same ti and ht sent our keel on board and at half-past 6 Captain Flinders cahed and made all sail to the south-east part of the bay At half-past 10 entered a large branch or ar Captain Flinders in his boat steering east and east-south-east we anchored per order of Captain Flinders and he continued on in his boat ( Flinders went two les here He describes an islet with ”signs of visits of the natives” and on thefor fern root An iguana 2 or 3 feet long was the sole animal killed, but the mud banks here were frequented at loater by various sea birds) Double Peak bore 1/2 west by south ( The Double Mountain of Flinders in Shoal Water Bay is not the Double Mountain shown on his earlier chart inland froust 31st At half-past 2 PM Captain Flinders on board, and he began to work out of the branch At 6 PM the tide being down cahed and made sail to south-east, passed here a flat of ot nearer to the south shore found a channel that had from 2 to 9 fathoms
”Wednesday, September 1st At 7 PM Captain Flinders, a midshi+pman and boat's crew on board AM Dropped our sain, and the wind blowing strong fro down to the Investigator
”Thursday, Septean to work to ith the ebb tide in our favour; at half-past 4 PM Captain Flinders and his people left us; continued until 7 PM working to north-west and there cahed and stood over to the Investigator and at 7 AM came to lowered down boat and I waited on Captain Flinders, he inforh at 9 AM and would run over as near to the bottoar Loaf Hill ( Pine Mountain (of Flinders) described by hi inland 2 reenstone of the Gerists”) as the water would permit and requested I would run ahead of his quick Passed the Investigator astern, Captain Flinders hailed and desired ar Loaf Hill until we had left less than 6 fathoms, did so and as it almost immediately shoaled to 4 fathoms wore round and made all sail to work back
”Friday, September 3rd At half-past 1 PM came to with small bower and I waited on Captain Flinders ( Flinders was then one mile from the shore and 2 frorees west) AM Hauled the seine, caught no fish and the ground being foul daed the net
”Saturday, September 4th Waited on Captain Flinders who told h in order to proceed to Thirsty Sound and at 10 AM weighed in coator Since our arrival here on Thursday the 26th August few native fires have been seen and only once soentlemen had intercourse with a party of natives on the shore From their report those natives are inferior to the natives of Keppel Bayand if we uess from their lean appearance much worse off with respect to food; the soil of all this part of the country appears to be very indifferent and for a considerable distance frorove clay All round the bay are high hills, on one of the westernmost tall pines seem in abundance, the botto in this place it is necessary to keep the lead constantly going, and froreat rise and fall of the tide to be careful not to anchor in less than 5 fatho at anchor the fetch being pretty extensive
”Sunday, Septeh Northumberland Islands towards Thirsty Sound ( Thirsty Sound, Hervey and Bustard Bays a other places on the coast were named by Captain Cook) At dusk the entrance of Thirsty Sound west by south distance 3 ar Loaf Hill, or hill of Pines, ( The Pine Mount of Flinders) south-east by east and the Investigator east-north-east distant three-quarters of a ator made sail in for the entrance Received our new keel fro to fit it to the case found it obstructed fro got into the trunk, this was found to be the case by one of the people who dived under her bottom ( The carpenters had for so keel for the Lady Nelson fro now finished it was sent on board Flinders)
”Monday, Septe the hill, named by Captain Cook the Pier Head--had a fine view of this and Broad Sound, the forreat way inland and its banks showing apparently a fine country A nurass that appears at a little distance like a heath or common at home, with here and there a saroo have been seen We have neither seen natives, their fires, nor marks here No water has yet been found, wood is in plenty
”Tuesday, Septeh and hed and at half-past 6 PM cao our s to weigh, on which we (after soan to work to ard
Observed the Investigator to drop her anchor again and clen her sail Canal ”I want to see you” Iator and Lieutenant Fowler informed ing her up, a second Boas gone and that they were in 1/2 2 fatho it was obvious that she iot off For this purpose I i to Lieutenant Fowler's plan, returned on board, veered away on our so our best boe then received a warp froator, made it fast on board and she was enabled to heave off into deeper water by the Lady Nelson At noon she dropped her bower a little from our stern, cast off her warp and lifted our best bower
”Wednesday, Septeator shi+fted her berth into the streahed in company with the Coe island in the entrance of Broad Sound south distance 5 ator east distance 1 mile ( At this time the shi+ps ithin 2 miles of the north-east point of Broad Sound)
”Thursday, Septe across Broad Sound, at half-past 1 PM suddenly shoaled our water at the same time saw the appearance of broken water ahead At 2 PM spoke the Commodore who told me to steer west A round mount north-west by west distance 3 miles At 11 PM came to in company with the Commodore with best bower in 7 fathoms water In the course of the forenoon saw several native fires on this part of the coast Latitude observed 21 degrees 51 minutes 00 seconds south
”Friday, Septehed andfroe of a sand shoal on which the Investigator touched but i At half-past 5 AM perceived the Investigator to be getting under weigh, made all sail down to the Commodore Spoke him; he told me to work between the main and one of Northumberland Islands, and said he would follow us Stood on to ard and tacked occasionally anchored in company with the Commodore at half-past 11 AM under a pleasant little island ( ”The 4th flat Island is about oneoff it's south-east end They are a little elevated and bear grass and sroves and surrounded with flats of o on shore, shortly afterwards I went on shore, some turtle shells were seen and the marks of natives of an ancient date It appears that the whole of the distance between the Pier Head at Thirsty Sound and to the round mount before mentioned between the Northumberland Islands and the main has a nu the lead constantly going and a good lookout at the head otherwise a vessel would get aground, and the water falling so h and dry
”Saturday, Septeator but she (on account of the shoals that lye off froed at 7 AM to drop her anchor In the Lady Nelson we crossed the shoal in only 9 feet i over it we fell into 3, 4, and 5 fathoator at 9 AM, the flood having ain
”Sunday, September 12th At quarter-past 5 PM tacked and stood on ahead of the Investigator until ere close to a very extensive sheet ofall the way from the mainland At this place an inlet of shoal water appeared to run a good distance into the country At sundown tacked in coator and stood off At 8 AM tacked and stood into an inlet with several dry lands appearing in it, found a good strong flood against us At half-past 9 AM ca: anchored abreast of a hilly projection which I have named Upper Head” Flinders) Lowered our boat and I went on shore with a couple of hands Saw or found nothing worth notice--the soil is sandy, the shores lined with um trees and the palm; a few curlews and redbills were shot
”Monday, Septenal in coator the water suddenly to shoal fro up our keel she went off into 2 fathoround, she was caught on a bank of quicksand in 11 feet at half-past 10 AM she floated, a little after Captain Flinders went away inshore, sounding Several native fires in sight in different directions
”Tuesday, September 14th At half-past 1 PM ator and worked to north-here we anchored On passing her Captain Flinders hailed us and toldto proceed to the south-east up the arm on Broad Sound At 8 AM Captain Flinders and Mr Brown on board At half-past 8 AM weighed and rounded in 8 feet of water, at 40 hed and made sail across the entrance of the river Fro across the flats of this ar from 9 feet to 3 1/4 fathoms, where we anchored
Ie which in a little tiht home, moored with the bowers per cable one way and 25 fathoms the other, found the tide of ebb to run at 4 PM 5 knots and 6 fathoround and perceived that our side Sent some of the people out to look in what situation our anchor lay and it was found that the best bower had co I conclude the ragged part of the round, we tried in vain with 10 or 11 hands to lift it out of its bed As the whole of this part of the flats are quicksands with a strong suction, bent a good warp to its crown to weigh it by when the tide rose At half-past 1 AM the flood cah, in 15 minutes we floated and hove up to our best bower By 5 AM
began again to ground, by 6 AM fast: at half-past 7 AM Captain Flinders went in his boat in search of deeper water and found one place nearer inshore where he thought it advisable to shi+ft the Lady Nelson to, when the tide would permit Upon the south shoreseveral native fires