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to the north-west point, and Cape Jackson to the 

 south east, after the two gentlemen who at this time 

 were Secretaries to the Board. 



Admiralty Bay may easily be known by the island 

 that has teen just mentioned, which lies two miles 

 N. E. of Cape Stephens, in latitude 40 87' S. longi- 

 tude 185 6' W., and is of a considerable height. Be- 

 tween this island and Cape Farewell, which are be- 

 tween fourteen and fifteen leagues distant from each 

 other, in the direction of W. by N. and E., by S. the 

 shore forms a large deep bay, the bottom of which 

 we could scarcely see while we were sailing in a 

 straight line from one Cape to the other ; it is, how- 

 ever, probably of less depth than it appeared to be, 

 for as we found the water shallower here than at 

 the same distance from any other part of the coast, 

 there is reason to suppose, that the land at the bot- 

 tom which lies next the sea is low, and therefore not 

 easily to be distinguished from it. I have for this 

 reason called it Blind Bay, and am of opinion that it 

 is the same which was called Murderer's Bay by 

 Tasman. 



Such particulars of this country and its inhabitants, 

 with their manners and customs, as could be learnt 

 while we were circumnavigating the coast, shall now 

 be related. 



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