put them to flight.
I did not think proper to land and get water by force as land was seen at
that time in different directions, which by appearance was likely to
produce that article, and which I flattered myself we might be able to
procure without being drove to that extremity. I therefore ran close
along the shore of this island and landed at different places at some
distance from the former situation. I also landed at another island near
it which I called Plum Island[77-1] from its producing a species of that
fruit, but we were unsuccessful in finding the article we were in search
of, and in so much want of.

In the evening we steered for the islands which we supposed were those
called by Captain Cook the Prince of Wales' Islands, and before midnight
came to a grapnel with the boats near one of these islands, in a large
sound formed by several of the surrounding islands, to several of which
we gave names, and called the sound Sandwich Sound.[77-2] It is fit for
the reception of ships, having from five to seven fathoms of water. There
is plenty of wood on most of the islands, and by digging we found very
good water. On the flat part of a large island which I called Lafory's
Island,[77-3] situated on the larboard hand as we entered the sound from
the Eastward we saw a burying place and several wolves[77-4] near the
watering place, but we saw no natives. Here we filled our vessels with
water and made two canvas bags in which we also put water, but with this
assistance we had barely the means to take a gallon of water for each man
in the boats. We sent our kettles on shore and made tea and portable
broth, and a few oysters were picked off the rocks with which we made a
comfortable meal, indeed the only one we had made since the day before we
left the ship.

On the 2nd September at half past three in the afternoon we stood out of
the North entrance of the sound. Before five we saw a reef extending from
the North to the W.N.W. and which appeared to run in the latter direction
or more to the Westward.[77-5] On the edge of this reef we had 31/4 fathoms
of water and after hauling to the S.W. we soon deepened our water to 5
fathoms. Besides Mountainous and West Islands seen by Lt. Bligh we saw
several other islands between the North and the West, one of which I
called Hawkesbury Island. We saw several large turtle.

In the evening we saw the Northernmost extremity of New South Wales,
which forms the South side of Endeavour