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 soathammost'island,' but Maer to the shore, is .a reef  A. rocks which dry at low water. .ae II. N. Ea Frma DOUBLE POINT, {latitude of its lammit'17 � Coast. .50,) to CAPE GIAFTON, the coast is furmad by a so eession of sandy bays and projeetifig rooky points, latitudo 17 �, in the centre of a sandy buy, is a small openin S like .a rivubtj and, on the south side of Point Cooper i another j but neithor aplMared to be navigable for boats. Abreast of Frankland*s Islands, and near the sottth end of a sandy bay of six miles in extent, there is another opening like a river, that, from the appearance of the land behind which is low and of a verdant charaCter, may be of considerable size. The hiwh mountains to the southward, Belleaden Ker's Kange must give rise to a considerable stream.; and it aplMars very probable that this may be one of the outlets, but the most considerable is, perhaps, that which falls into Trinity Bay round Cape (}raftou. FRANKLA.ND'S ISLANDS consist of several low islets one of which. is detached and of hiwher charaCter tlmn the others, which are very 16w, and connected by a reef. The largest island may be seen ve or six leagues off; it is in latitude 17 � The land between. this 'and Calm (}refton is hish, 'and towards the north has ,several remarkable peaks. .The land of Ctlm (}rafton may be readily known, when seen from the southward, by appearin like three forty islands,, the outermost is Fitzroy Island, but th.e others arm hitlp upon the main. The easternmost of' the latter, (ape (afton, compiouous for hayins two small peaks, like notches, on,the .west extremity of its summit; it is joined to the westerns most by low land, which also separat(s .tbe latter from T

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