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 SAILING DIRF,TIONS. J93 Or New South Wales; his oudine was found to be role- A. rably correct, and my alterations have only been eaused by Beetlon VLL better opportuni6es, and by the rentor detail of' my ope. Jun'- rotlone. The general feature of the coast has wereely re- Ruteo quirnd correction; the ?rineipal correct;one have been in the �number,, size, and relative bearings of the coral reefs and isisads that front it. In describing this route, the whole of the bearings are magnetic: and the courses are freed from the effect of tide of current, since tbe are only tomporto?, and often of fiing importance o. DIRECTIONS. Having hauled :onnd Breaksea Spit (see Flinders's sheet Ill.) in the evening, it would perhaps be dangerous to steer on through 'the nigh; after running,' therefore, to the W.N.W. For. five or six letues, .bring to until daylight: but,, if the du y.is before you, the conres from the extremity of' the spi is W.N.W.W. for about a hundred miles. �o will then be abon twenty miles From Cape (apricoru: on Four way .to which you should pass abou three miles within Jd y Ellio'8 !sland and also within the southernmost is]ct of Bonker's Oroup, by which you will see how the current has effected Four course, and you can act a=coFdingl y: if.it has ze you w the northward, you may pass on either side of or hFough the islands withou daner. Af%er mking Oepe Capricorn, you. ma F leave i ut a convenient. distance, ond, directing Four ourse abou H.W.b.N., pass either within or withou the Peaked and Flat Islands off Port Bowen then, steering for the PeF 7 Group, pass between the 26 and 3d Northumberland Islands. d___erption fbe nast. conanl in this Appendix, be(ween
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