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 A. Cloatee ,until its insularlt shall be determined, when, Sect. IV. the sake of Geography, the name of C LOATXS ISv-AD should N. West be restored. At the bottom of the south.eastern side Cont. Exmouth Gulf the' land is so low and the islands so merotm, that it vas in vain tat we attempted to exMnlne its shores, which was also rendered still more difficult and dau*ous to persevere in doing, from our losses of chore, and the strong winds which blew every niht from the S.W. The NOaTH-WSST CAPS is a lOW, SSlldy point, projecting for full two miles to the E.N.E. from the fall of the land, which was called VLAJfXG HSAI. There is n reef of small extent off  the cape, but separated from it by a channel half mile wide, and six fathoms deep; a sandy spit extends also from the cape for about a quarter of a mile. The extremit of the North=West Cape is in l&titde gl � 40" and longitude 114 � 40" and Viarain K Head in latitude 91 � 40** and 1ontude 114 �40", SECTION V. Ol THE WINDS AND WEATHER AND DESCRIPTION O[ THE WESTERN COAST BETWEEN THE NORTH. WEST CAPE AND CAPE LEEUWIN. Ws did not obtain much experience of the winds upon this coast, having only been upon it during the months of January and February, when they prevailed between S.$.E. and S.S.W., veering sometimes, though rarely, to 8.W. In the wlter season (June, iy, and August), hard gales of wind have been experienced from the lq.W., even as high as Shark's Bay; and at this setson the coast ought not to be

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