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  .APPENDIX,. A. nine miles and a half deep, and thirteen wide, t_he western Sect. !!. aide being formed by Flinders's Group.' A reef extends for tq. East more than two miles off Cape Melville in a N,W.b.N. di- oast. rectiou, on which some rounded etones, sbm*!ar to thoe' upon the land, are heaped up above the sea: there is also one of these heaps at he extremity of the reef, .outside, and within a quarter of a mile of which we luigi fourteen fathoms water: there are two other similar heaps within the outer pile, and between them there are possibly dear paso sages, but they should not be attempted nvithout great cantion. It was remarked that tbe'breese always freshened . on paseing round this cape. PIPOlq ISLAlqDS, two small islets, of which the east- emrooat ia ',he largest, are in latitude 14 tude 144 � 5"; they are surrounded by a reef, lying two miles and a half from the cape; between them and the reef that extends from the cape, there is a safe and deep pMmage �of more than a mile wide. The south-east side of Bathurst Bay is shoal. At the bottom are two openings, with some projecting land be- tween them, at the extremity of which there is t peak; these openings are doubtless rivulets of considerable size, and take their rise from the high !and at the back of Cape Bowen. FLIlqDERS'S GROUP forms the west head of Bathurst Bay; they are high and rocky, and consist of four isleads, tins of which are three miles long. The Peak of the lart island, in latitude 14 � 5", and iontude 144 � 5** is visible from a distance of twelve or thirteen leesues; Mid the higher parts of the islands may be seen gsneraJ]y at seven or eight leagues.

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