Page:Descriptive account of the panoramic view, &c. of King George's Sound, and the adjacent country.djvu/4

 4 of land, (seen in the panoramic view on the right of the entrance to the Sound), is a large mass of granite stretching upwards of two miles into the sea, from which it rises almost perpendicularly to a height of five hundred feet; the other, although not so high, is still very bold; and between these is the entrance to the Sound, with the Islands of Breaksea and Michaelmas. The southern basis and the Sound are deep and capacious, and, together, form a magnificent harbour; but the passage of large vessels into the northern basin is obstructed by a bar, which is perhaps occasioned by the disemboguement of the Kalgan and King Rivers. The harbour at the Swan is two hundred miles to the north, and is said by naval men to be a good one; as the entrance is now buoyed off, and a fresh channel found, the dangers which vessels hitherto encountered on this stormy coast, will probably, by these means, be removed. Between Swan River and King George's Sound, a rich country intervenes; and upon comparing the reports of the exploring parties who have penetrated into the interior, it is quite evident that it possesses every capability of forming a valuable addition to the colonies of Great Britain. Its extensive tracts of pasture will afford great facility to the production of wool, which is at present the staple commodity, and the principal article of export at Sydney and Van Diemen's Land.

The country between the coast and the