James Cook - A Journal of the proceedings of His Majesty's Bark Endeavour on a voyage round the world, by Lieutenant James Cook, Commander, commencing the 25th of May 1768 - 23 Oct. 1770: No. 277

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New Wales or East Coast of New Holland
June 1770
having into the Country it being here hilly which were steep & rocky & we had not time to [Indecipherable] the Low lands & therefore met with nothing remarkable my intention was to have stay'd here at least one day to have looked into the country had we met with fresh water convenient or any many other Refreshmt but as we did not I thought it would be only spending of time & losing so much of a light  Moon to (Trinity Bay) [written in margin] little purpose & therefore at 12 o'clock at night we weighed & stood away to the NWt having at this time but little wind attended  with Showers of rain, at 4 the breeze freshened at SbE with fair wear we continued steering NNWt/W as the Land lay having 10:12 & 14 fom at the distance of 3  leags, from the land at [Indecipherable] hauld of No in order to get without a Small low Island which lay at abt 2 leags from the Main it being about high water about the time we passed it great part of it lay under water - about 3 leags to the No Westwd of this Island close under the Main land is another Island tolerable high [possibly Snapper Island] which bore from us at Noon No55Wt distt 7 or 8 Miles we being at this time in the Latde of 16:29St Cape Grafton bore So29Et distance 40 Miles & the (Cp Tribulation) [written in margin]  Northernmst point of Land in Sight No20Wt & on this Situation had 15 faom water. The shore between Cape Grafton the above Northern point forms a large but not very deep Bay which I named Trinity Bay after the day on which it was discovered. The North Point Cape tribulation because here began all our Troubles Latde 16:6S Longde 214:39West.
Monday 11th Wind at ESEt with which we steer'd along shore NbW at the distce of 3 or 4 Leags off having from 14 to 10 & 12 fam water saw 2 small Islands on the offing Latde of 16:0S, & abt 6 or 7 Leags from the Main, at 6 the Northernst land in sight bore NbW/Wt & 2 low woody Islands which some took to be rocks above Water bore N/Wt at this time we shortened sail and hauld offshore [Indecipherable] & NEbE close upon the wind, my intention was to stretch off all Night as well to avoid the danger we saw ahead as to see if any Islands lay in the Offing, especially as we now began to draw near the Latde of those discover'd by Queiros which some Geographers, for what reason I know not have thought proper to [Indecipherable] to this land, having the advantage of a fine breeze of wind & a clear Moon light Night, in stand[?] off from 6 until near 9 o'clock we deepened our Water from 14 to 21 faom when all at once we fell into 12'10 & 8[?] faom, at this time I had everybody at their stations to put about & come to an Anchor ([written in margin] The ship run ashore upon Rocks) but in this I was not so fortunate for meeting again with Deep Water I thought there could be no danger in stand [Indecipherable], before 10 o'clock we had 20 & 21 faom & continued in that depth until a few minutes before 11 when we had 17 & before the man ate the lead could have another cast, the ship struck & stuck fast