Near this we anchored in five fathoms sandy ground.

Our course from Cape Lambert was parallel with the beach, and although we were not more than from three to five miles from it, yet it was so low that it could not be seen from the deck; and even from the masthead it was but very indistinctly traced; nor indeed is it quite certain that what we did see was really the shore of the mainland.
March 6.
The vessel rode out the night rather uneasily on account of the wind blowing a fresh breeze from the South-East, which freshened up when the sun rose with such strength from the same direction that we were prevented from landing upon Depuch Island.

We passed the group at one mile off; it consists of six islands, all of which, with the exception of Depuch Island, are small and of a low sandy character.

Hence the coast trended to the North-East by East, but it was soon lost to view, for the wind would not permit our making better than a North-East course.

Before noon we passed within a quarter of a mile of a part of the Geographe's Bank, which was nearly dry; it lies twenty-two miles North-East from Depuch Island.
Upon comparing my chart with Captain Dampier's description of the Rosemary Islands, there appears to be little doubt but that M.De Freycinet is justified in his conjectures, that the islands, called by them Romarin and Malus, are those seen by that navigator.