Page:Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, Volume 2.djvu/392

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SAILINO DIR?10?S. 367 approached. The South-eat T?e is susp?d? ? ?e A. ?i?rhood o? ?e eoast in ?e summer s?son, ?d w?ds ?e ?m?t cons?t from S.S,W. N. We? C?st. b?n the No?-west ? nd POI=T CLOATES, which is in 22 o 33' ?" s., a space of ?ut fi?y-two miles? the shore is ?Ind? b? a ?t of r?ks, ex?n? from ?r? to five ?es from iU The l?d is hi? ?d level, ?d of mill ap?ce: nea?r ?e uor? ?d there is a low, s?dy plan at ?e f?t of ?e hills; but ? ?e sou?w? �e co?t ap? w be s?p ?d pr?ipi?us. %is is e?ud? ?e lnd ?at hu be? ?en for Cloaks Isi?d; rid, in hct, it is not at ?1 unlikely to ? ? is!?d, ?r, w ?e sou?d of ?e later ?in? ?e shoM ?ends h, nd was so ?dis?n?fiy s?n, ?at it ?obably ?mmu- ? wi? ?e bosom of Exmou? Guile. At latitude t? 1? ?e co?t slimly proj?ts, and is ?on?d by a r?f, on which ?e sea w? b?ki? heaPly. CAPB FARqUHAR? in latitude ?3 �, and !on?ude 11? 35' 3?', is a low, s?d? ?in? To the no?w? of it ?e e?t ?nds in and fores a bay, but not d?p enou? M offer shelter fMm the prev?linK winds. Betw?n Cape Farquh? and Cape Curer the coast is low ?d s?dy; the land h? a level outline, ?d the shore ?rm? b? a s?d? beach, which did not ap? M be ?n? by ?ks. ?e land ofCA?B C?vI? is hi?h, level, ?d r?ky, ud? rlsinK ab?ptly from ?e ?a, forms a ?ht, in latitude 24 �30", nd !on?tude 113 � 4?. ?s pMmon?u is ?e no?em he? of Shsrk's Ba?. ?e ?d was not seen by us W the S.E., ?d is l?d down, ? is �Vide vol. i. p. ?.