Chapter 2. 
Passage from Cape Van Diemen to Careening Bay. 
Not finding water, visit Prince Regent’s River, and procure it from the
Cascade. 
Farther examination of the river. 
Amphibious mud-fish. 
Anchor in Halfway Bay, and explore Munster Water and Hanover Bay in a
boat. 
Visit Hanover Bay, and procure water and fish. 
Interview with natives. 
The surgeon speared. 
Retaliate upon them, and capture their rafts and weapons. 
Description of their implements. 
Port George the Fourth. 
Islands to the westward. 
Red Island of Captain Heywood. 
Strong tides. 
Camden Bay. 
Buccaneer’s Archipelago. 
Cygnet Bay. 
Dangerous situation of the brig. 
High and rapid tides. 
Cape Leveque. 
Examination of the coast to Cape Latouche Treville. 
Remarkable effect of mirage. 
Leave the coast for Mauritius. 
Voyage thither. 
Arrival at Port Louis. 
Refit. 
Some account of the island.

1821.  July 9.

Our course was held to the south-west towards Cape Londonderry; on which, with a fresh South-East wind, we proceeded with rapidity.

July 12.

On the morning of the 12th, Eclipse Hill and Sir Graham Moore’s Islands were seen, and in the afternoon we passed Troughton Island; at sunset, Point Hillock bore South thirteen miles, whence we steered to the West-North-West and North-West, and rounded the north end of the long reef, to the westward of Cape Bougainville.

July 13.

The next morning, at daylight, Cassini Island was seen bearing South by West; here we were detained for two days by light baffling winds and calms.

July 14.

During the night of the 14th, the wind was light from the westward, and we stood off and on to the north of Cassini Island.

July 15.

At half-past one o’clock a.m., having sounded in thirty-three fathoms, we shoaled suddenly to fourteen, when the vessel’s head was put to the southward, but the breeze was so very light, that she had hardly steerage way:  by the light of the moon a line of breakers was seen two miles off, under our lee:  we had now shoaled to nine fathoms on a rocky bottom, but its great irregularity prevented our dropping the anchor until the last minute, since it would have been to the certain loss of the only one we had.  In order, therefore, to save it, if possible, the boat was lowered, and sent to sound between the vessel and the breakers.  Finding we made no progress off the reef by standing to the southward, we tacked; and, a light breeze springing up from the westward, we drew off the bank on a north-west course, and in the space of a mile and a half deepened the water gradually to thirty fathoms.

July 16.

The next morning, at a quarter past eight o’clock, the breakers were again seen; they were found to be 24 minutes 44 seconds West of Troughton Island.  The wind was too light to allow of our approaching, we therefore tacked off to the westward, and soon lost sight of them; at noon we were in latitude 13 degrees 26 minutes 26 seconds.  The breakers from the masthead, bearing south-east, distant eight or nine miles.