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 230 SURVEY OF' THE INTERTROPICAL upon the. edge of a bank, and our endeavours to find anchorage here were unsuccessful; we there- fore stood across the bay towards Cape Flinders, which is the extremity of-a group of islands of high and rugged character forming  western head of Bathurst Bay.  On approaching the Cape, we saw with. sur- prise the wreck of a .vessel thrown upon the rocks, with her masts and yards lying around her in the greatest confusion; .her hull was divided; the stem and forecastle deck were l.ying in one place, and her stern frame with part of' her quarter deck in another..At some distance from her there were some'things like two boats hauled up on the beach, but not the least sign of her crew. ' As it was too late in .the evening to examine any further we passed on, and, rounding the Cape, anchored on its west side under a fiat-topped hill, in. ten fathoms and a half, sandy mud. The next morning Mr. Bedwell and Mr. Cun- ningham accompanied me to e,m{ne the wreck. On pulling round the Cape, we found it impossible to land near her on account of the surf which, from the freshness of the wind blowing directly upon the place where she was thrown up, was breaking heavily; we therefore landed on the opposite side of the bay, and walked round to examine the boats; but on reaching the pl.ce we found they

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