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 within Cape Iv&lue wu named Point Swan, ater the captain ot the ship; and to a remark. able lump in the centre of the Archipelago the name of Dnmpier's Monument wu assignled. �During the last four days we have laid down upwards of eighty islands upon the eMrt, and from the appearance of the land, it is not impro- bable but that there may be as many more Had we even recognised the bay above al- hded to by Dampier before we passed round Cape Lev.que, we could not have anchored in it, for the wind was blowing strong from the northSyard, and a heavy swell was rolling, which would have placed us in rather a dangerous situation, besides its being exposed to easterly winds, which for the last two or three days had blown very strong. During the time we had been among these is]ands, we had not met with a single spot that we could have anchored upon without the almost certain loss of our anch.or; and the weather had been so very thick and hazy, that only the land in the vicinity of the vessel's situation could be at all distinguished; and these disadvantages, added to the great strength of the wind and the rapidity of the fides, had materially prevented us from making

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