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Saturday 10 September 1836

[, on board the wrote. | Read source notes.]

10th at noon within 6 miles of point
Marsden close hauled beating up with a
strong tide carrying us bodily to leeward
the moon was new at midnight the old
moon having passed the Meridian at
20 to 12. At 2 oclock on
the morning of the 10th the tide appeared to
slacken for the vessel was then doing well
according to Flinders it should cease at
4 hours after the moons passage.

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