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 SAILING DIRECTIONS. 279 owr with only two and n bnlf fathoms on it when t summ/t A. of Mount Cook bore $.  W. (magnetic), ami the our 8 a:me of Point Menkbouse $. 18 �(magnetic.) mile o sbore the sbee] soundings continued with two und hlf fathonu until it bore $. 59 �(monefic), when the depth was three, and three and a half fathoms. ENDEAVOUR RIVER. The entrance of this river, in latitude 15 �4", and longitude 145 � 49',*, fons a ery good port for small veels; and, in a case of distte, might be useful for large ships, as it proved to out eele, brated nnvigator Captain Cook, who, it is well known, re- !mired bis ship there after having lald twanty-three hours upon a coral reef. The entrenee in formed ou the south side by n steep hill, covered with trees growing to the edge of its roek dore. Te north side of the entranee is n low sandy betteit of two milee and a quarter in length: at its north end a range of ]11s rises abruptly, and extends for six or seven miles, when .it  suddenly terminates, and is separated from the rocky projection of Cape Bedford by a low plain of sand. Th9 entrance of Endcavour River is defended by a bar, found by-lnnar distances, taken dnrin[ my vbdta to that plat3 1919 nd 180, as follows .--- Latitude by meridional aitltnde of the sun, taken in tim artiial horizon, being the mean of twenty*seven olmervations. . . 15 � 4/'. Longitude by twenty-five set of distances (O W. of 1) ), containing one hundred and seventeen sights, with the sextant . . . 144* 5 1*. �Longitude by thirty set of distances ( E. of } ), eontaining one hundred and fify ights, with the sextant . . .14 �Mas. n., of Sfky4sesets ..... 14 iVY #',
 * , * Tim situation of the barvatory at Endcavour !tiver

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