A large Malay encampment had recently removed from this spot, leaving their fireplaces and temporary couches, and large piles of firewood to season, in readiness for their next visit.

No natives were seen, not even at our old place in Knockers Bay.

The adjoining country was found to be very good forest land, well timbered, but parched with drought, which was by no means in favour of our views.

Having buried a sealed bottle upon the sandy point, containing an account of our proceedings, we named it Point Record,* and sailed at the expiration of two days for Apsley Strait.
(*Footnote.

Point Record is the low sandy point on the left of the picture in the view of Port Essington, volume 1.) "Light winds retarded our arrival off Cape Van Diemen until the 24th, and it was not before the 26th that we brought up close to Luxmoore Head, in St.Asaph Bay.