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 �17�RVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL ]s. have been the snmmlt of Moresbyes Flat-topped J,-'s. Range*. The soundings of the .coast upon our track between Roanest-Island and the Abmlhos have been generally of a gravelly nature, mixed some- thnes with shelly sand, and were generally coarser as we approached the shore. In some parts particularly near Cape Naturaliste and Rottnest Island, the bottom appeared. to-be a bed of small water-worn quartzose pebbles not larger than a pin's head. Off Moresby's Flat- topped Range the bottom is of a soft dark-gray- coloured sand of a very fine quality, that would. afford good anchorage, was it not for the con- stant swell that pervades this stormy coast; the water was, however, much smoother than in other parts, which might have been occasioned either. by the Abrolhos bank's brekiug the sea, or from the temporary cessation of the .wind, for. it was comparatively light to what it had been since our leaving Rottnest Island. A large patch of bare sand terminates the sandy shores of this coast, in latitude  55'. A steep cliff then commences and extends for eit Ionne n'oent usurer que nous ayonl vu le Abrolho; d'&utr, et je sub de ce hombre, peuent que ce que nou, avons prls pour groupe i'lles t une portion du Continent:'Fa=?c,,?, p. 10.
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