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[1802 Aug.[Sunday] - 22nd. H.M.S. Investigator]
[Monday] 23 in No. 2, port, discovered on the east coast

port. A.M. Moderate breezes & fine weather. The boats employed towing off water casks, but on account of the surf, 12 still remained on shore. Sent a boat to fetch off pine logs from Entrance Island. Employed on board stowing away water - Do. weather

My excursion in the whale-boat was as follows. Upon the lst. Entrance Island, where a set of angles were taken, I saw, that the port divided itself into two branches, but that it had not the appearance of being very extensive. We had many empty water casks on board the ship which there was an opportunity of filling in this port here, and the rocky islets on this north side, more specially Entrance Islet, afforded the kind of pine found at Norfolk Island, which would be convenient to us for many purposes; I therefore laid down a plan of duty to be followed during my absence, and early on Sunday morning, rowed from the ship to the point of the southern branch. Until we came near the opposite shore the soundings were 5 fms., but it then deepened, and immediately off the inner south point, there is no bottom at 10 fms. From an eminence behind this point, I took angles, and then steered across, westward, for the end of a dry sandy spit, and to a hilly projection which proved to be near the head of the western arm of the port At this place, the observed latitude, from the artificial horizon was 22º.30'.27" So. Entrance Island