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 JO SURVEY OF THE q'FER*FROPII.L �' New South. Wales; a'distance of six hundred and ninety'miles. As ay instnvons did not authorize my delaying to examine any part of " this coast, .r could ot penetrate into the many numerous and extensive open'us that presented themselves in this space; paFticularly in the nethbourhoods of Capes Gloucester, Upstart, and Cleveland; where the intersected and broken appearanCes of the hills at the back are matters' of interesting inquiry and research. My instructions at first coniined me between Cape Arnhem and the North-west Cape, but' kvere subsequently extended to the western coast. ?he examimdion of the northern and part of the north, western coasts, from Weseel Islands to Port George the Pourth, a distance of seven hundred and ninety miles, has been carefully made, and, with a few exceptions, every openin has been explored. Those parts in this irmer- val that yet require examination are some inlets on the south side of Clarence Strait, and one of more considerable si to the eastward of Cambridge Gulf, trending in to the south.east: 0therways, the coast compriSed within these limits has been sufficiently examined for 'all the purposes of 'navigation. The coast al betwean the North-west Caps and .Depuch Island, conning two'htmdred aa}

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