SEW SOUTH WALES, $6$ 



and the shore very rocky. Proceeding toward 

 the head, the beaches presented themselves, and 

 continued with little interruption into the up- 

 per bay. A large island lying off the entrance 

 to the upper bay shewed no marks of sand, but 

 was well covered with both wood and verdure. 

 In height, it was equal to the high parts of the 

 main, and being four or five miles in length, 

 seemed to be a fire island. On the Eastern shore 

 the sand was more or less apparent every where, 

 increasing in quantity towards the Cape. The 

 white cliffs that were noticed before contained 

 chalk ; the upper stratum, two or three feet in 

 thickness, having a superior whiteness in those 

 which were best seen. 



With respect to fertility, the general aspect 

 •only can be spoken of. About the head of the 

 'bay, the trees were of a fair growth; grass 

 seemed sufficiently abundant, there were few 

 appearances o£ sand, and some parts of it 

 were stony. 



Respecting the inhabitants he had only time 

 to observe, that their smokes were numerous 

 about the bay, and that they at times frequented 

 Curlew islet. 



Of the animal, vegetable, or fossifproductions 

 bf the bay, he could speak still less, the short- 

 ness of his stay permitting no examination. 



From the appearance of the tide the day he 

 andedon the islet, it was high water between 

 welve and one o'clock, which was three or 

 our hours before the moon came on the meri- 

 ian. 



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