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 m either side ot our murse." The particulm of these diseovefie of Lieutempt Poe re given in the Appendix, unde the description oF-the �North.t Coast, in the cder in wldeh they Having cleared Torres' Strait, the Tamar an. ored in Port Esangton. Lieutenant Roe .then ays, "Having brought the ship to anchor o' �Pable Point in Port F, asingten, all the boats were hoisted out and e marines landed, when, an unien-jack being fixed upon a conspicuous tree near the extremity of the point, formal Pos- session was taken of the north coast of Australia, between the meridians of 199 � IS& �,t of Greenwich. The marines fird three volleys, and the Tamar a royal' salute, upon the oc. caslon. "Our first object being to find water, parties were despatched in various directions for that purpose; but aier 'traversing many miles of country, and coasting a 8eat deal of the port, only one place was discovered (the low sandy east point of entrance to Inner Harbour), where any was to be procured, and it was then xmly obtained by digging deep holes in the sand. A large Malay encampment had recently removed rom this spot, leaving their fire-places and tem- porary couches, and large piles o f-wxt to