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] small islands on your port hand; you will then open the Bay in which Port Palliser is situated, which may be known by a small round island off Penguin Cove, which forms the harbour. Leave this island on the port hand, and the course in is W. by N. by compass, where there is good anchorage in from seven to nine fathoms water.

"Between Port Palliser and Howe's Foreland is an extensive bay, with two branches that run in W.S.W. and W.N.W. at a distance of fifteen or sixteen miles. This bay is separated from Whale Bay by a narrow isthmus not exceeding three quarters of a mile in breadth, where a boat may be occasionally hauled across, and this will save a distance of upwards of fifty miles if going into Hillsborough Bay." There are also several good harbours in this bay, which I have called Rhode Bay in compliment to this diligent investigator.

"From Port Palliser to Cape Henry, the north head of Hillsborough Bay, the course is S. by W. and the distance twelve or thirteen miles. On leaving Port Palliser steer E.S.E. until you are beyond all the beds of kelp, and then the above course will carry you clear of all dangers until you arrive off Cape Henry. This Cape is on an island, and forms a high bluff headland, and there are several smaller islands and rocks both north and south of the Cape. Between Port Palliser and Cape Henry there are seven different bays of considerable extent with coves that form good harbours, all tending in from West to W.N.W.