ast. These corrected to the meridian, will be severally 4 deg.
43' and 4 deg. 44' east; or half a degree more than was observed near
Kangaroo Head. The observations at this anchorage and the bearings taken
were as follow:

Latitude observed from the moon, 34 deg. 36' S.
Longitude by time keepers, 138 18 E.
Mount Lofty, S. 411/2 deg. E.
Nearest shore, distant 7 miles, N. E. to N.
Hummock mount, highest top, N. 121/2 W.
Western land, furthest extremes, N. 51 deg. to S. 65 W.

There being almost no wind in the morning, we remained at anchor until
nine o'clock, to set up afresh the rigging of the new top masts; and I
took a boat to sound upon a rippling near the ship, but found the same
depth of 5 fathoms. Very little progress was made until noon, at which
time shoal water obliged us to steer westward. At three the soundings had
increased from 31/2 to 10 fathoms, which was the deepest water to be found;
for it became shallower on approaching the western shore. After steering
various northwardly courses, we anchored at sunset in 5 fathoms, sand,
shells and broken coral; the shores then appeared to close round at the
distance of seven or eight miles; and the absence of tide gave no
prospect of finding any river at the head of the inlet.

According to lieutenant Flinders' observations, the situation of the
anchorage was in

Latitude, 34 deg. 16' 36"
Longitude by time keepers, 138 6
Mount Lofty, dist. 17 leagues, bore, S. 35 E.
Hummock Mount, highest part, N. 5 E.
A low sandy point, dist. 3 or 4, miles, N. 69 E.
A low point covered with mangroves, N. 53 W.

The variation from an amplitude, observed when the ship's head was
south-eastward, was 2 deg. 50' east; but the compass being upon a stand out
of its usual place, I cannot deduce the true variation, but took it to
be; 4 deg. 40' east, nearly as found at the preceding anchorage.

TUESDAY 30 MARCH 1802

Early in the morning I went in a boat, accompanied by the naturalist, to
examine more closely the head of the gulph. We carried from 4 to 3
fathoms water four miles above the ship, when it shoaled to fifteen and
eight feet, which brought us to mud flats, nearly dry; but by means of a
small channel amongst them we got within half a mile of the shore, and
walked to it upon a bank of mud and sand.

It was then