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waters in great numbers ; and here were firft: feen the black 

 fwans. A cataract at the foot oi Richmond hill prevented the 

 party from proceeding any further in boats. That hill is the 

 termination of a chain of mountains, which runs northward, and 

 probably joins thofe that range nearly parallel to the coaft from 

 fifty to lixty miles inland. The difficulty of reaching thefe hills 

 is very great ; for after the firft day's journey, is fuch a fuccef- 

 fion of ravines, many with fides inacceffible, that our people 

 could not proceed above fifteen miles in five days. They 

 therefore returned to await the arrival of the floods, to fwell the 

 Nepeariy when they hoped they could reach thefe mountains 

 by water. 



From the entrance into. Port Jack/on, as far as Lat. 25° 3'', I^fDIA^J 

 the coaft keeps due north ; from a point called Indian Head it 

 begins to incline to the weft. 



A LITTLE farther is Bujlard Bay^ in Lat. 24" 4', which takes Bustard Bav, 

 its name from a new fpecies of buftard fhot there, with a black 

 band acrofs its breaft. Its weight was feventeen pounds. It 

 proved excellent eating. Mr. Latham mentions it in vol. vii. 

 p. 227. 



At KeppeVs Bay., in Lat. 22' 50', the coail: begins to be filled Keppel's Bay. 



more or lefs with iflands. In about Lat. 21° 27' is the bay of 



Inlets, from the various founds that feem ta penetrate deeply into 



the land, between the illands. After a long range of coaft^ 



partly impeded with iftes, and partly free, in Lat. 16° 6', is cape 



Tribulation. Off this cape the Endeavour , on Sunday June loth Providentzai, 



Escape. 

 1770, ftruck on a coral rock, and remained immoveable, except 



by that fpecies of motion which ground away the fheathings, 



and 



