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 262 SURVEY OIP THE INTERTROPICAL tslo. was lost to our view behind a point, which we AuS.?. afterwards discovered to be the Point Braithwate of' our last voyage,' the land o which *had the appearance of being an island. The bay thus formed, was called Junction Bay; it was not examined, but, from the direction of its trend, did not appear likely to afford much interest, and could lead to no opening of ira. 8. Potrance. t eight o'clock the next morning, we were near Goulbttm Island, steering through Macquarie Strait; and at eleven o'clock we an- chored in South-west Bay, near our former tering-place. As soon as the vessel was secured, I went on shore to examine whether water could be ob- tained. In this object we were successfil; and a basin was dug to receive the water that drained through the clifis; but, from the advanced state of' the dry season, it did not flow in  the quantity that it did last year. The vegetation appeared'to have suffered much from drought, and the grass, which at our last visit was long and luxuri_nL was now either parched up by the sun, or destroyed by the natives' fires, which, at this time, were burning on the low land in front of' Wellington Eange. In the evening I went to Botfie  Eock, but. found our bottle had been removed; the rocks

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