 | William Stones (travel writer.) - 1858 - 268 pages
...like breakers, I was induced to steer in. " The extensive harbour we had thus unexpectedly found I supposed must be Western Port, although the narrowness of the entrance did not agree with Mr. Bass's account. On my return to Port Jackson, I found this place had been discovered... | |
 | Samuel Bennett - Australia - 1865 - 710 pages
...it being then dark, we came to an anchor. " The extensive harbour we had thus unexpectedly found I supposed must be Western Port, although the narrowness...means correspond with the width given to it by Mr. 15ass. It was the information of Captain Baudin, who had coasted along from thence with fine weather,... | |
 | William Stones (travel writer.) - 1870 - 286 pages
...like breakers, I was induced to steer in. " The extensive harbour we had thus unexpectedly found I supposed must be Western Port, although the narrowness of the entrance did not agree with Mr. Bass's account. On my return to Port Jackson, I found this place had been discovered... | |
 | George William Rusden - Melbourne (Vic.) - 1872 - 74 pages
...And it being then dark, we came to an anchor. The extensive harbour we had thus unexpectedly found I supposed must be Western* Port, although the narrowness...along from thence with fine weather, and had found no inlett of any kind, which induced this supposition ; and the very great extent of the place, agreeing... | |
 | History - 1919 - 236 pages
...the entrance, when they shoaled quick to 2 J. The extensive harbour we had thus unexpectedly found I supposed must be Western Port, although the narrowness...weather, and had found no inlet of any kind, which had induced this supposition ;and thevery great extent of theplace, agreeing with that of Western Port,... | |
 | Australia. Parliament. Joint Library Committee - Australia - 1922 - 998 pages
...1802. In his narrative, Flinders stated: — "the extensive harbour, we had thus unexpectedly found, I supposed must be Western Port, although the narrowness...correspond with the width given to it by Mr. Bass." On the following morning, he realised that he was mistaken and that the harbour was not Western port.... | |
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... fathoms; and it being then dark, we came to an anchor. The extensive harbour we had thus unexpectedly found I supposed must be Western Port, although the narrowness of the entrance did by no means correspond with the width given to it by Mr. Bass.... 