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 m: Our tourfie was. directed entirely by the chart' �y"!. i had previously formed; for the weat!r wa o thick, that for the groator part of tha way no land oould be een to guido us: by noon w had passed. between Cape York and Mount Adol-' phus, and in a short time rounded the' northS' end of Wednesday Island, and were . between it aad the North.West Reat After passing .tho rock off Hammond's Island,. we steered W.b.S.tS., but were obliged to haul up S.W.b.W. to pass to the southward of a small. shoal, some 'part 'of which was uncov0red (the- time of tide 'being nearly low water, spring. tide) .' thi, shoal lies in a N. 500 W. direction,. from the low rocky ledge off the north end of Oood's Island, and is distant from it about 8, mile and a halt The Dick being a little ' leeward of our track, had four fathoms; but th$ least we had was five and throe-quarters. Thin- reef is not noticed in Captain Flinders's chart ,' at high water, or even at half ebb, it is very dangerous., from its lying in the directIrack; but,' by haulirg over to the south shore, may be easily. avoided At four o'clock we passed Booby Island, and. steered W.b.S. across the Gulf of Carpentaga --Between Booby Island and Cape WesseL which we passed in sight.of on the 3d, we ha

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