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The Voyage Of Governor Phillip To Botany Bay

CHAPTER XVIII
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At noon a point of land which runs from the Two Brothers, and was now named Cape Satisfaction, bore north north-east; and the rock which had been mistaken for a ship was called the Eddystone, and bore north by west, distant four leagues.

The Eddystone bears from Cape Satisfaction south south-west, distant two leagues.

As the land from Cape Satisfaction began to trend northward, Lieutenant Shortland again entertained hopes of finding a passage.
It was understood from the natives that they called the island from which they came, Simboo; for whenever an attempt was made to put that question to them, they pointed to the land near Cape Satisfaction, and uttered that word.

Of these men, Lieutenant Shortland remarks, that they were remarkably stout and well built, from which appearance he very judiciously drew a favourable conclusion with respect to the goodness and plenty of their food.

Their superiority over the New Hollanders in size and strength, he says, was very striking.


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