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1802 July [Tuesday] - 27th. H.M.S. Investigator [along the east coast - Cape Moreton to Wide Bay]
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Light breezes and fine, with haze. Finding the strange sail was a ship, made sail. At 4, saw breakers, lying about 5 miles to the NNE from C. Moreton. Hauled out to pass to the eastward of them At dusk, took in lst. reefs. - C. Moreton S.50º.W. The breakers out of sight, abaft the larbd. beam, having drifted past them, apparently, faster than by log. Hauled round towards the coast again with all plain sails set.
Much lightening in the south
Rove a new tiller rope, the old being carried away. - In T.Gt. sails & stay sails. At 3h.1/4, shortened sail to the topsails and brought to with the ships head to the southward. - At 6, bore away and made sail towards the land. Many hummocky peaks upon the land
Double reefed the top-sails. - At 9h.1/2 hauled round Doub. I. Point. Saw natives in the bight round the north part. - A rock lies N10E 2 miles from the point, wh. we left to the right. - At 10h.1/2, kept away to clear some shoals which lie off the mouth of an opening in Wide Bay. Much shoal water also, as far as three miles off the land. At noon, the point S16º.E. No. extreme N4W. Hazy weather.