The two last are called the Brothers., in captain Cook’s chart; though described in the voyage as being, one “low and flat, and the other high and round.”  A perforation in the higher islet admits the light entirely through it, and is distinguishable when it bears nearly south-east.

THURSDAY 19 AUGUST 1802

At seven next morning, having then a light air from the land with foggy weather, we steered northward along the coast; and at noon were in latitude 22 deg. 473/4’, and two rocks near the shore bore S. 54 deg.  W. two or three miles.  From that time until evening, we worked to windward against a breeze from the north-east, which afterwards veered to N. N. W.; and at nine o’clock, a small anchor was dropped in 14 fathoms, two miles from the shore.  The Lady Nelson had fallen to leeward; and made no answer to our signals during the night.

FRIDAY 20 AUGUST 1802

At daylight, supposing the brig had passed us by means of a shift of wind to W. N. W., we proceeded along the coast to the island lying off Cape Manifold.  This island, with some of the northern hills, had been sketched by Mr. Westall (Atlas, Plate XVIII.  View 6.) on the preceding evening; it is slightly covered with vegetation, and lies in latitude 22 deg. 42’, and longitude 150 deg. 50’.  The cape is formed of several rocky heads and intermediate beaches; and the hills behind, from which the cape was named, rise one over the other to the two peaks set from Cape Keppel, and appeared to be rocky and barren.  The easternmost, and somewhat the highest peak, is about four miles from the shore, and lies S. 49 deg.  W. from the east end of the island whose situation is above given.

The wind was from the northward at noon, and we were then making a stretch for the land, which was distant four or five miles.

Latitude, observed to the north, 34 deg. 361/2’
C. Manifold, east end of the island, S. 1 W.
C. Manifold, the highest peak, S. 301/2 W.
Small isle (Entrance I.) at the northern extreme, N. 29 W.
Peaked islet in the offing, distant 7 miles, S. 61 E.

From Cape Manifold the coast falls back to a sandy beach, six miles long, and near it are some scattered rocks.  The land is there very low; but at the north end of the beach is a hilly projection, from which we tacked at one o’clock, in 12 fathoms; being then within a mile of two rocks, and two miles from the main land.  The brig was seen to the south-eastward, and we made a long stretch off, to give her an opportunity of joining, and at two in the morning [SATURDAY 21 AUGUST 1802] lay by for her; but the wind veering to south-west at five, we stretched in for the land, and approached some rocky islets, part of the Harvey’s Isles of captain Cook, of which, and of the main coast as far as Island Head, Mr. Westall made a sketch (Atlas,