Quotation from: The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765
Written by: J.E. Heeres
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About 2 o'clock in the afternoon we sounded in 50 fathom white, clean
sand-bottom, with very small, thin shells, at about i1/2 mile's distance by
estimation from the northern extremity of Dirck Hartochsz. Roads, and two
miles from the southern extremity of the road-stead just mentioned.
Towards the evening after supper, we cast the lead and sounded in 50
fathom grayish sand-bottom, at about 21/2 miles' distance by estimation
from the land, and about 3 miles to northward of Dirck Hartochsz Roads.