The termination to the west of that part of the South Coast discovered by captain Baudin in Le Geographe has been pointed out; and it seems proper to specify its commencement to the east, that the extent of his Terre Napoleon may be properly defined.  The beginning of the land which, of all Europeans, was first seen by him, so far as is known, cannot be placed further to the south-east than Cape Buffon; for the land is laid down to the northward of it in captain Grant’s chart, though indistinctly.  The Terre Napoleon is therefore comprised between the latitudes 37 deg. 36’ and 35 deg. 40’ south, and the longitudes 140 deg. 10’ and 138 deg. 58’ east of Greenwich; making, with the windings, about fifty leagues of coast, in which, as captain Baudin truly observed, there is neither river, inlet nor place of shelter, nor does even the worst parts of Nuyts’ Land exceed it in sterility.

At noon of the 17th we were in

Latitude observed, 37 deg. 471/2’
Longitude by time keepers, 140 161/2
Cape Buffon bore N. 26 W.
Reef of rocks, (nearest part dist. 21/2 miles) N. 51 deg. to S. 42 E.
Hills behind the coast, N. 38 to N. 79 E.
Sandy hummock on West* Cape Banks S. 44 E.

[* The addition of West is made to the name, to distinguish it from Cape Banks on the East Coast, named by captain Cook.  It is to be regretted, that navigators often apply names in so careless a manner as to introduce confusion into geography.]

In the afternoon the wind veered to the southward, and we tacked from the shore, not being able to weather the Carpenters at the south end of the reef.  A long swell rolled in at this time, and seemed to announce a gale from the southward, yet the wind died away in the night, and at daybreak [SUNDAY 18 APRIL 1802] a light breeze sprung up at north-west, and enabled us to close in with the land.  We passed the Carpenters at the distance of four miles; but at two in the afternoon the wind again died away.  A cliffy point, which proved to be the Cape Northumberland of captain Grant, was then in sight, as also were two inland mountains lying to the north-east; the nearest is his Mount Schanck, of a flat, table-like form; the further one, Mount Gambier, is peaked.  The following bearings were taken whilst lying becalmed.

West C. Banks, sandy hummock, dist. 2 leagues, N. 2 deg.  W.
Mount Schanck, N. 70 E.
Cape Northumberland, dist. 3 or 4 leagues, S. 82 E.

The long swell from the southward still prevailed, and the barometer was fast falling; but at seven in the evening a breeze sprung up once more from the north-west, and after stretching a little off from the shore, we laid to for the greater part of the night.  At daylight [MONDAY 19 APRIL 1802] the wind was at north-north-west, and blew fresh, with squally weather.  We reached in for the land; and at eight,