Bligh Notebook
P. 82 - 3 Jun 1789 Remarks 1
This Cliff Head is perhaps C. York as it
agrees exactly with the latd. — If so it may
be known by the Paps lying at the back of it
& a few reddish Sand Hills near it–all the others
are white sand
At 2 Little or no wood on the Coast & the Northst
land insight tapering to a point with some
Hillocks on it —
Apparently in Soundgs. – More Sea – &
every thing indicating less sheltered by
any Reef to the Etdw. A few Miles of land
now abreast of us looks like Downs with high
sloping clifts to the Sea. —
I brought to for the night being Windy–.
Went on shore found signs of the Natives having
been here Feasting[*] - Isld. 1½ round rocky all round
[* I don't know what this word is,
in the actual logbook it is Feasting.]
except a point at the SW End w[h]ere we lay. —
From the Hillock Point formes a deep Bay &
Inlet. Abt. 6 Miles farther North opposite the
Isld. the land very low & covered with white
Sand for 6 Miles farther north, it then gets
higher towards Pt. Possession or what I take to
be such off which lie svl. Islands the northly the
higher Land to the east of which lie 4 high Rock
much like each other.–Wood in most places
but apparently barren in other respects. —Others
as I advanced towards the NW the Main in the
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