?l?re w?'an ?ce of two ope? in thz beach, that were probably the oufiets ta/n-?m?, The country also appeared much bet?r wooded than in other parts, and as hr?e ? were seen ?n the valleys, the place mo? l?kely at the time o? our pass?n? fi?luentod by ' lienee the coast trends to the N.W.b.N. to- wards ? perch d bare sand, which is remarkabte ? the o?tst is not so sandy as it is more to the south. At ten o'clock a very th?k lm? spreed over the land, and so enveloped ? that nothin? (x)uld be distinguished. At noon, .the bri? IMing in ?o ?5' 4?' S., and 114 �(?' E., the haze pap;nlly cleared away, ?nd shewed that the coast Ired chan?ed its character, being now steep, and in some parts cl/ffy, but st/]l occasion. ally studded with spot? of bare sand. In the /nter/or a rocky,/lat- .Wpped h/ll was seen; it probably the Mount Naturaliste of the French. The coast trends here in a N.b.W. direction. The passage or channel between the Abrolhos Bank and the coast has been distinguished by the name of Viaming's Ship, Ti? Ge?lvi,?, since she was the first vessel that passed'them (Anno 1697). Captain Hamelin in the Naturaliste also passed within them, imag/ning that he perceived titan to the eastward, but what he saw must
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