Bay:  the tide rose eighteen feet, whereas in Port Warrender its rise was only six.  The islands off the north-east end of Bigge’s Island are more numerous than in other parts of the sound:  they were only seen at a distance, and too numerous to give correct positions to.  BIGGE’S ISLAND is fourteen miles long, and from six to seven broad; it is of moderate height, and rocky character:  its south end appeared to be thickly wooded.  A flat-topped hill near the shore of Scott’s Strait is a remarkable object, and may be seen six or seven leagues off.  It is in latitude 14 degrees 39 minutes 20 seconds, and longitude 125 degrees 10 minutes 20 seconds.

SCOTT’S STRAIT is a channel separating Bigge’s Island from the main:  it is thirteen miles long, and from three to one and a quarter broad.  It is of irregular depth, and has some rocks in mid-channel, which are dry:  the deepest channel is near the eastern shore, the depth being from ten to fourteen fathoms.  The strait does not terminate until you are to the westward of Cape Pond, for there are several islets off the south end of Bigge’s Island, and a considerable reef, through which, although there may be deep channels, yet they must be narrow.  Off the north-west end of Bigge’s Island are several rocky islets; the outer ones were seen by me in the Bathurst (see above):  they are the MARET ISLES of Commodore Baudin; they consist of four or five principal islands, of about two miles in length, besides as many more of very small size off the south extremity of the group.  The northern point of the northernmost island is in latitude 15 degrees 7 minutes 15 seconds, and longitude 124 degrees 56 minutes 40 seconds.  The group is fronted on the north-west side by a considerable reef, extending North by East 1/2 East for seven miles; the outer edge being three miles and a half to the westward of the group.

YORK SOUND is fourteen miles wide and ten deep:  it is contained between Cape Pond and the northern extreme of the Coronation Islands.  It is spacious, but the bottom, in the middle, is rocky:  there is, however, very good anchorage near the Coronation Islands; and there is also, possibly, as good on the eastern shore to the south of CAPE POND, which has a rocky island immediately off it, the situation of which is in latitude 14 degrees 43 minutes 20 seconds, and longitude 125 degrees 9 minutes 25 seconds.

At the bottom of York Sound is PRINCE FREDERIC’S HARBOUR, a fine spacious port, fourteen miles long, and from five to seven broad:  it is terminated by two rivers, namely Hunter’s and Roe’s.  It has several rocky islands on either shore; and, at the bottom, they are numerous.  The tide here rises at the springs twenty-nine feet.  The anchorage is not so good in the entrance of the port, but a good bottom may be found as soon as Hunter’s River begins to open, and bears East 1/2 North, and when you are within a small island that is in the centre of the port; but an anchorage may very probably be obtained on the northern shore, or, indeed, any where out of the strength of the tides.