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 COASTS O{'AUSTRALI. ' }09  northward is formed of high cliffs without much ,s,s: wood, and of a remarkable white colour. My The next morning we passed round Cape Van Diemen; and in the evening anchored off. a t bular-shaped- hill that formed the south end of a sandy bay. It. was dark. when we' anchored: the next morning we found that we had anchored. iu the mouth of a very considerable river-like opening, the size of which iuspired us with the flattering hope' of having made an important discovery, for as yet we had no idea of the insu- larity of Melville Island. The table-shaped hill, near our anchorage, was 'named LUxmore Head, aud the bay to the north was called St. Asaph's, in compliment to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of that diocese. The day being Sunday our intention was, after taking bearings from the summit of Lux-. more Head, to delay our further proceeding until the next morning, but the circumstauce that oc- curred kept us so much on the alert, that it was any thing but a day of rest. Having landed  the foot of the hill we ascended its summit, but found it so thickly wooded as to deprive us of the view we had anticipated; but, as there were' some openings in the trees through which a' few distaut objects could be distinguished, we .made

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