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 8 APPENDIX. A. mits. The next point has several round-backed hills upou Sect. 1% it; it is the eut head of NICKOLL'S ]&Yt into which timre 1. West may possibly fall one or more streams; its shores are low, Coast. and nppetzred to be lined with mangroves. lqiokoll's Bay affords good anchorage in six and seven fathoms, and is only exposed to the N.E. It is protected from westerly winds by high !and: it is, however, rather exposed to the S.W. winds, from the little elevatim of the !and in that direction; but if a vessel should drive, the passage between Bezout and Delambre Island is clear and, as far as we know, free from danger. DELAMBRF. ISLAND has very extensive reefs stretching to the northward, and also to the eastward, but on its wdstrn side did' not appear to extend for more than half a. mile: the hill at the north end of the island is in latitude 20 � 35*, and longitude 117 �25*; the Finnage between it and the reef oil' HAiY ISLAWD, is about two miles mid a half wide, and from nine to ten fathoms deep. The edge of the reef off the latter island is not well defined, for we passed several straggling rocks. LEGENDRE ISLAND is the northernmost of Dampier's Archipelago: it is nine miles long, and from half to one and a half mile broad: near its south-east end, which is con- neeted to llAIJY ISLAn, there are several rocky islets, and near its extremity it has three remarkable hillocks; its N.W. point is in latitude 20 � 4,5', and longitude 116 �; its north-east coast and north-west extremity are of bold approach: the latter has a reef that fronts its'shores, ex- tending for' about a quarter of a mile ilto die sea; the ground under its lee is rocky, and not safe to anchor near. Our cable hooked a rock; fortunately however it was rotan,

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