Page:Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, Volume 2.djvu/328

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SAII?N? DrlmC'UONS. 303 ? ORFORDNE88 is a sandy projeclion of ?e .?t ?der P?n?p? H?I (of B?gh), the sha? of which? ?g fi?- ?' II. ? ? ve? ?sble: ?e hi? is ? lafimd? 11� 30', N.' ?d l?tude 142 � ? eoun? ?tw?u Ca? Gren?lle ?d C? York is low ?d s?dy, ? but few sinumi6es in its coUt l?e: it is ex?sed ? ?e trade wind, which o?n blows ? ? s?eng?, from S.E. and S.E.b.E. ESCAPE ?VER, iu l0 � ?, is ? o?niug in ?e I?d of m ?e ? b?d?, tma?g ? for two or ?ree miles, when it tums ? ?e no?, ?d is ?nce? from the view ? �e l?d on ?e north side of ?e en?n? is probably ? isl?d, for ? o?ning w? obeyed in Newc?e Bay, ?end- ?g W the sou?, whi? may commu?a? wi? ?e ?ver. ?e ?ce is defended by �b?, on w?ch ?e Me?d wu nearly lost. (Vol. i.p. 239.) ?e dee?st ch?nel may p?bably be n? ?s ?u? head, w?ch is ?. The b?ks on the sou? side ?e wooded, and present ? invi?ng ?ct. ' NEWCAStE BAY is nine miles in extent by s? d?p; ? shores are low, and appar?tly of s s?dy cheer; sz �e b?tom ?ere' is s ?nsidemble opening bea?ng W.?N. 8ght miles and s half ?om T?e Isl?d. ? the south head of ?e bay is ?R?E ISLAm, s sm? r?y islet on ?e eut side of au extensive reef, ? ls?tude l0 � and loa?tude 142 � 4? ? it is seps- ?d by a channel ?r? miles wide from r?f x? which h? s d? s?d at its north end, in la?tuds 10 �, ?d 1ou- gi?de 142o 42', it h? ?so some d? m?s ?d s m?ove bush ou the inner part of its sou? end.