As They
Will Be An Excellent Mark For Making This Part...And Cape Northumberland,
And Being Very Remarkable, Navigators Will Know Where They Are As They
Draw Abreast Of Them, The Largest Being To The Southwards.
Its outer end
appears like a square-topt tower, very high, with a white spot in the
middle of it.
The other end is also very high. Lawrence's Islands bear
from Cape Sir William Grant south-east or south-east by south 12 miles
distant and there appears no danger between them and the shore. The cape
now loses its long form as the vessel gets to the eastward and its
particular shape changes to a high bluff point, steep and inaccessible.
Many fires were seen about this cape. The land from it runs to the
northward as far as the eye can reach or discern from the masthead.
"December 6th. At three made a considerable large island high and
inaccessible on all sides. It was covered with grass, but no trees. This
island bears east-south-east from Cape Sir William Grant. By a good
observation at noon following I made its latitude to be 38 degrees 29
minutes south longitude...I made 144 degrees 40 minutes east. I named
this island Lady Julia's Island in honour of Lady Julia Percy. Observed
we ran faster along the land than our distance by log gave us, probably
owing to drift from the East.
"December 7th. At daylight we saw the land making a cape ahead; hauled up
to clear it.
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