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 COAST9 OF AUFRALIA. 173 This last ! did not see myself, but two men !s.. perceived it distinctly from the mast-head, and Jan. J?. it is from their accounts-that ! am induced to give it a place upon the chart. The Pesitiou of the vessel, when we saw the breaketa, was in latitude 2 �, and in longitude 114 �. and from the short interval between our oh-. ta'ming sights for the chronometer, and the me- ridional observation at noon, the position may be considered to be tolerably correct. After taking the bearings, and before sail was made, we sounded in twenty-five fathoms, fine shelly sand; but, as we stood to the eastward, the water gradually .deepened to twenty-nine and thirty fathoms. The next morning at daylight the land .was out of sight, but at five o'clock was distinguished, forming a range of fiat-topped land, probably about one thousand feet .high. At the northern end of the range were four or five hills standing apart from each other, of which in the view we then had of them, the northmmost was flat- topped, and the others peaked; at the south end of the range were three other distinct hills,. the centre being peaked and the other two fiat- topped. Near the centre of the main range was another summit that was remarkable for its form. This range was seen by Captain Hamelin of

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