course, had no bottom with ninety.five fathoms: at noon- our latitude was f?l � PA", and lon- gitude 106 � when no bottom was reached with eighty fathoms. The wind continued with little variation be- tween S.E.b.S. and. S.E.b.E., until we reached the htitude of '27? �d 10'2 �0' E.; here we had light southerly winds for two days, after which the S.E. winds carried us as far as 3'g' S.? and 99 � E.; between this and 34 � we had variable light airs from E.S.E. to S.S.W, After- wards alternate northerly and southerly winds, with fine weather and top-gallant breezes, carried Us as far as latitude 35 �d longitude l17t. From this we ran along the south coast of New' Holland, with strong gales between S.S.W. and West; but on approaching Bass' Strait, the winds hung to the southward, and veering afterwards.to S.E. we were driven to the northward. On the PAth December, at eight p.m., we ?.?. made the land-between Cape Northumberland and Cape Buffon, but from light b?Ring winds had advanced no farther, by noon ('27th), than ?r. four or five miles S.S.W. 'of Lady Julia Percy's Isle. This island is incorrectly laid down in Captain Flinders' chart, owing to the very un- favourable weather which he experienced in' passing this part of the-coast; we found it 'to
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