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 sAIuo omen'joss. ' 313 from the main, and is nearly two miles across: the depth A. in mid-chmmel being eighteen fathoms: the latitude of lie- 8ct. IL talinlion Point, which is oa the northern side of the stra/t, N. is in 11 �. �SOUTH WEST BAY affords good anchorage in five and six fathom at a mile from the' shore, and vessole may anchor at a quarter of a mile oK, the beach in three fathom= muddy bottom. At the north end of the bay are the Bottle Rocks sepa- rated from the point by a'channel two and a quarter fathoms deep. The Bottle Rock was onq of our fixed points, and is placed in latitude 11 � 24", and longitude 133 � 40". The'bay'affords a convenient place for woodlug and water- lug; the latter may be had during the early months of the dry season,' (as late as August) from a drain at the base of the Pipe Clay Cliffs at the north end of the bay. There , are also some holes oa Sims Island that contain water for a much later period. The holes have been made by the Malaysfor the purpose of collecting it. �MULLET BAY is on the west side of the north iiand, affording god anchorage in the easterly monsoon in six and seven fathOmS mud, at u mil from the shore. The flood-tide here sets to the eastward, and it is high water at full and change in the strait at six o'clock; the rise of the tide is not more than five' or six feet. The north-east point of North Goulbum Island is in latitude I 1 �, lon- gitude 133 �. From Maccluarie Strait the !and trends to the westward, and north-westward to De Courey Head, and forms bu few sinuOSities. �P0XT B0OVEN, in latitude I1 �, the only prejec.U.'on in this space, is remarkable for being higher than

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