At day-break, we steered north, for the northermost land in sight.  At noon, we were four leagues from the shore, and by observation, in latitude 31 deg. 18’ S., which was fifteen miles to the southward of that given by the log; our longitude 206 deg. 58’ W. In the afternoon, we stood in for the land, where we saw smoke in several places, till six in the evening, when, being within three or four miles of it, and in twenty-four fathom of water, we stood off with a fresh breeze at N. and N.N.W. till midnight, when we had 118 fathom, at the distance of eight leagues from the land, and then tacked.  At three in the morning, the wind veered to the westward, when we tacked and stood to the northward.  At noon, our latitude, by observation, was 30 deg. 43’ S., and our longitude 206 deg. 45’ W. At this time we were between three and four leagues from the shore, the northermost part of which bore from us N. 13 W. and a point, or head-land, on which we saw fires that produced a great quantity of smoke, bore W. distant four leagues.  To this Point I gave the name of Smokey Cape:  It is of a considerable height, and over the pitch of the point is a round hillock; within it are two others, much higher and larger, and within them the land is very low.  Our latitude was 30 deg. 31’ S., longitude 206 deg. 54’ W.:  This day the observed latitude was only five miles south of the log.  We saw smoke in several parts along the coast, besides that seen upon Smokey Cape.

In the afternoon, the wind being at N.E. we stood off and on, and at three or four miles distance from the shore had thirty fathom water:  The wind afterwards coming cross of land, we stood to the northward, having from thirty to twenty-one fathom, at the distance of four or five miles from the shore.

At five in the morning, the wind veered to the north, and blew fresh, attended with squalls:  At eight, it began to thunder and rain, and in about an hour it fell calm, which gave us an opportunity to sound, and we had eighty-six fathom at between four and five leagues from the shore:  Soon after this we had a gale from the southward, with which we steered N. by W. for the northermost land in sight.  At noon, we were about four leagues from the shore, and by observation, in latitude 30 deg. 22’, which was nine miles to the southward of our reckoning, longitude 206 deg. 39’ W. Some lands near the shore, of a considerable height, bore W.

As we advanced to the northward from Botany Bay, the land gradually increased in height, so that in this latitude it may be called a hilly country.  Between this latitude and the Bay, it exhibits a pleasing variety of ridges, hills, vallies, and plains, all clothed with wood, of the same appearance with that which has been particularly described:  The land near the shore is in general low and sandy, except the points, which are rocky, and over many of them are high bills, which, at their first rising out of the water, have the appearance of islands.[73] In