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[1802 Aug. Wednesday - 4th. H.M.S. Investigator] along the east coast. - off Bustard Bay
[Astronomical observations not reproduced - see original journal]

The rocks which lie off the inner part of the north head of Bustard Bay, do not seem to form a continued reef. The outer rock is about 21/2 miles from the land, and there is another, above water also, at times, about half the distance to it -
The land immediately to the westward of Bustard Bay is rather high, but does not form any regular chain of hills: it may be called hummocky land.
This hummocky kind of land appears to continue further westward, in irregular short ridges of hills. Our distance off shore was too great for us to observe much of the fertility of the country, but the wood upon it did not appear to be large either on either side of the Bay, except at some distance to the eastward.