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1802 July [Tuesday] - 27th. continued Additional Remarks on [Double-island Point, and Wide Bay]
I find Dble. island Point to answer C.C.s [Captain Cook's] description exceedingly well, but I should call its latitude 25º.56' instead of 25º.58'So.; this however is only by corrected log, as the Endeavours must have been also. The rock which lies 2 miles off the point was not seen by C.C. [Captain Cook] - Wide Bay does not appear to be near so deep as in the form so deep a cut in the land as in his chart, if the opening is excepted, which was not then seen. Many natives were seen near it, to the number of 50 as reported, who followed the ship along the shore to a small distance; and about ten were seen near Double island Point. These facts, with the number of natives seen upon Indian Head, a little further on, when in 1770, seem to imply a greater degree of population in this neighbourhood than is usual in the more southern parts. - The white cliffs mentioned in Hawkesworth as lying in the north side of Double-island Pt., seems to be a steep front barrier of sandy land, of the same nature with that which extends towards Glass- house Bay. + The sides of the opening are low sandy land, but higher land covered with small wood rises soon from it, and seems to surround the bay or inlet.
I much regretted, at this time,
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