Day 40

 

Back Beach, San Remo

BASS'S VOYAGE IN THE WHALEBOAT

At 7, seeing a large break in the land, we stood in for it and found a strong outset of tide.

Many shoals were breaking in different parts of the entrance, so that we could not then see

where the channel was. I therefore landed to look for it, and found we were at the back of a long spit which we would not now round, as the tide of flood was beginning to make in strong; we therefore waited until high water, and then crossed the spit and entered a very extensive harbour.

Surgeon George Bass (journal extract)