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 14 APPENDIX. A. north-east corner are two remarkable hills, MOUSTs TuAFA L- Sect. IV. ost and WaTerLOO: the situation of the summit of the tq. West formeris in latitude 16 � 35', and longitude 125 � The' Coast. basin is from eight to nine miles in diameter, but affords no safe anchorage until a vessel is above St. Patrick's Island. The northern side of the basin is shodlet, and has two small inlets, which trend in on either side of the mounts, and run in for upwards of five miles, but they are salt. At the south side of the basin there are two or three inlets of considerable size, that trend in towards a low country. At ten miles S.E.b.F-. from the narrow entrance to the basin me river again resumes its narrow channel, and runs up so perfectly straight for fourteen miles in a S.F_.b.E. courage, that the hills, which rise precipitously on either bank, were 10st in distance, and the river assumed the most exact appearance of being a strait; it was from one to one mile and a quarter wide, and generally of from four to eight fathoms deep on a bottom of yellow sand: the river then took a slight bend, ned continued to run up for twelve or thirteen miles furthex, with a few alight curves, and gradually to decrease in width until terminated by a bar of rocks; which, when the tide rose high enough to fall over, was very dangerous to pass: here a.considerable gully joins the main stream, and, being fresh water, was sup- posed to have the same source as Roe's River. The river trended up for about three or four miles farther, when it is entirely stopped by a rapid formed of stones, beyond which we did not persevere in tracing it; the tide did not reach above this, and the stream was perceived to continue and form �very beautiful fresh-water river, about two or three hundred yards wide.. As our means did not allow of our Persevering any further, we gave up our examination. At aeventecn miles above St. George's Basin, on the sout

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