Visiting Van Diemen's Land for the first time, he was attempting to find an anchorage in Adventure Bay, when, being himself ill in bed, the ships' navigators entered the channel to the west of Bruny Island, instead of going to the eastward of it. Thus, the discovery of the great channel was due to an accident.
Visiting Van Diemen's Land for the first time, he was trying to find an anchorage in Adventure Bay, when, being himself unwell in bed, the ships' navigators entered the channel to the west of Bruny Island, instead of heading eastward. Consequently, the discovery of the great channel resulted from a mishap.