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Cape de la Sorti (Cape Farewell). So named by the 

 French is their ships were leaving the Channel. 

 Its original position has been moved, and i3 

 shown too far to the East on modern charts. The 

 present Kelly Point is the correct Cape de la 

 Sorti of D'Entrecasteaux. 



Cape Frederick Henry. So named owing to Furneaux 

 considering that the Frederick Henry Bay of Tas- 

 man was situated a few miles to the north of this 

 point. D'Entrecasteaux refers to this cape as Cap 

 Trobriand. 



Cap le Grand (of D'Entrecasteaux). Now known as King- 

 home Point. 



Cloudy Bay (Bad Bay). La Baie Mauvaise of D'Entrecas- 

 teaux. 



Court's Islands. So called by Haves in honour of Captain 

 Thomas Court, First Officer of the Duke of Clar- 



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H Kntrecasteaux Channel. Named after Admiral D'En- 

 trecasteaux. Hayes first referred to it as Pruen 

 Strait, but named it Seton Strait on his charts. 



Eddystone Rock. So called by Captain Cook during his 

 third voyage in January, 1777. lie refers to 

 it as follows — "About a league to the Eastward of 

 "Swilly is anotht r elevated rock that is not taken 

 "notice of by Captain Furneaux. T called it the 

 "Eddystcne from Its very great resemblance to 

 "that lighthouse." 



Fluted Cape. Has been ascribed to Hays (17'.i.">), but 

 Furneaux (1773) refers to it as a fluted pillar, and 

 Anderson's account (1777), published in Cook- 

 Voyages, refers to "Fluted Cape." Appears on 

 D'Entrecasteaux 's charts as Fluted Cape or Cap 

 Cannele. See note re Cape Connella. 



Friars. See Boreel Islands. 



George III. Rock. So called because the Ge< rge III. was 

 wrecked there in 1835. One hundred and thirty- 

 four people were load out of a total of two hun- 

 dred and ninety-four. Upon Southport Head 

 there is a stone monument which ha- the follow- 

 ing inscription : — 

 "Near this place are interred the remains "f many 

 of the sufferers who perished by the wreck of the 

 George III. convict ship, which vessel -truck on 

 a sunken rock near the Actseon Reef on the night 

 of 12th April, 1835, upon which melancholy occa- 

 sion 134 human beings were drowned. This 

 tomb is erected by the desire of His Excellency 



