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 1* SURVEY OF  INTERTROPiCAL to. nez to. the northwal of Bused' Bay; the dry 8o. rock off which was stinctly seen over the land. There wa lso an ppear  its mmuni- ting with the swamps at the head of Bustard Bay; but, in that direction, the trees prevented my as. eerta/ning it with certainty: the opening to the westward of Middle Head appeared to trend to the S.W. through a low marsh; and to the south. ward and south-eastward the face of the country is irregular and mountainous. The hills which surround the bay are rocky; and, although they are not deficient in wood and grass, the soil is very �allow; and the trees, principally of , , 1. Thick and rainy weather prevented our leaving this port, which was named Eodd's Bay, until the 1st of June. At four o'clock in the afternoon we hauled round Cape Capricorn, and at dark anchored on the bank between that projection and Cape Keppel. z The next morning we resumed our course to the northward, and passed inside of Hummock Island, and between Keppel's great Island and the First Lump. As we passed Port Bowen, we were near enough to the shore w' observe the anchorage under Entrance Island. In the evening we an- chored about one mile from the Pine Islets, in the

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