As soon, therefore, as our watering was completed, I determined upon procuring our fuel from an island to the northward, which, during our visit, we had seen from the North-West point of the bay, and which, together with the one we were at, were called Goulburn Islands, in compliment to the then Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies.
1818.

April 1 to 4.
During our stay, Sims' Island, named at the request of Mr.Cunningham after Dr.Sims, the eminent conductor of the Botanical Magazine, was twice visited.

It is situated in front of South-West Bay, is about two miles and a half in circumference, and formed of a large and coarse granular quartzose sandstone, large rounded masses of which cover the surface at its northern end, the summit of which was named Sansom's Head.
Sims' Island furnished a very large addition to Mr.Cunningham's collection, and among the flowers which it produced was a very beautiful sweet-scented asclepias.

No snakes nor reptiles of any description were seen, but birds of various sorts were abundant, particularly the white cockatoo.

Of the sea-fowl, a species of tern was the most numerous.