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 course, had no bottom with ninety.five fathoms: at noon- our latitude was fl � PA", and lon- gitude 106 � when no bottom was reached with eighty fathoms. The wind continued with little variation be- tween S.E.b.S. and. S.E.b.E., until we reached the htitude of '27 �d 10'2 �0' E.; here we had light southerly winds for two days, after which the S.E. winds carried us as far as 3'g' S. and 99 � E.; between this and 34 � we had variable light airs from E.S.E. to S.S.W, After- wards alternate northerly and southerly winds, with fine weather and top-gallant breezes, carried Us as far as latitude 35 �d longitude l17t. From this we ran along the south coast of New' Holland, with strong gales between S.S.W. and West; but on approaching Bass' Strait, the winds hung to the southward, and veering afterwards.to S.E. we were driven to the northward. On the PAth December, at eight p.m., we .. made the land-between Cape Northumberland and Cape Buffon, but from light bRing winds had advanced no farther, by noon ('27th), than r. four or five miles S.S.W. 'of Lady Julia Percy's Isle. This island is incorrectly laid down in Captain Flinders' chart, owing to the very un- favourable weather which he experienced in' passing this part of the-coast; we found it 'to

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