Cape Wollamai, distant six leagues, N. 49 deg.  W.
A low projection, distant seven miles, N. 21 E.
Cape Liptrap, S. 50 E.

We soon afterwards hauled to the wind off shore, under treble-reefed top-sails; and the gale increasing, with much swell from the south-westward, the close reefs were taken in.  At midnight, tacked to the northward, and stood off and on till daybreak [TUESDAY 4 MAY 1802]; the wind being strong at west, and weather squally with rain.  We then bore away for the land, which was seen to leeward; and at seven, the bearings of the principal parts were as under: 

Land indistinct, apparently C. Liptrap, N. 5 deg.  W.
Wilson’s Promontory, south extreme, S. 85 E.
A peaked I. (Rodondo of captain Grant), S. 71 E.

Besides Rodondo, which lies about six miles to the south-by-east of the promontory, I distinguished five or six less conspicuous isles, lying along the south and west sides of this remarkable headland; these are called Glennie’s Isles.  To the N. 88 deg.  E. from Rodondo, and distant about two leagues, was a small island which appears to have been one of Moncur’s Isles; and in steering south-eastward we got sight of the Devil’s Tower, and of the high island and rocks named Sir Roger Curtis’ Isles.  These names were given by captain Grant in 1800; but he was not the discoverer of the places to which they are applied.  They are all laid down upon my chart of 1799, on the authority of Mr. Bass; and when it is considered that this enterprising man saw them from an open boat, in very bad weather, their relative positions to Wilson’s Promontory will be thought surprisingly near the truth.  Unfortunately the situation of the promontory itself, owing to some injury done to his quadrant, is considerably in error, being twelve or fourteen miles wrong in latitude.  A reef is mentioned by captain Grant as lying to the southward between Rodondo and Moncur’s Isles; and a rock, level with the water, was seen in the same situation by the ships Gato and Castle of Good Hope, from which last it received the appropriate name of Crocodile Rock.  This also was seen by Mr. Bass, and laid down in its relative situation; but in the Investigator I was not sufficiently near to get sight of this important danger.

We continued to steer south-eastward, round all these islands, having a fresh gale at west-south-west with squally weather; and at noon our situation was in

Latitude observed, 39 deg. 35’
Longitude by time keepers, 146 30
Rodondo bore N. 15 W.
Sir R. Curtis’ Island, the peak, dist. 7 miles, N. 46 E. 
(The Devil’s Tower being nearly on with the north side.)
Two pointed rocks, N. 57 deg. and 62 E.

Wilson’s Promontory was no longer visible; but from the best bearings I had been able to obtain in such blowing weather, its south-eastern extremity lies in latitude 39 deg. 111/2’ south, and longitude 146 deg. 24’ east.