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N. 81" E. five miles and three-quarters ; PointMoore 

 S. 49" W. one mile, the end of the reef N. 60° W. 

 also one mile, and a bare-topped brown sand-hill, 

 S. 33" E., three-quarters of a mile. Immediately 

 under the last-mentioned the observations were 

 made, placing that spot in lat. 28" 47' 8' S. and 

 long. 1" 9' 20" W. of Swan River. A most singu- 

 lar ridge of very white sand-hills lay a quarter of a 

 mile to the eastward. 



A i:)lan of the bay was made, and the elevation of 

 the neighbouring heights taken ; Mount Fairfax 

 proving to be 585 feet, and Wizard Peak 700 feet. 



I regretted there was not time to visit Moresby's 

 Flat-topped Range, as we might have got a glimpse 

 of the good land reported by Captain Grey in the 

 neighbourhood. The sides of the high lands look 

 fertile over the sand-hills of the bay ; but through 

 a spy-glass I found that they had a brown arid 

 appearance and were destitute of timber. 



I was forcibly struck with the resemblance between 

 Moresby's Range, Sea Range on the Victoria, Cape 

 Flattery on the north-east coast, and I may add, 

 from Flinders' description, the cliffs forming the 

 coast range at the head of the Australian Bight. 

 The great similarity in the elevation, all being be- 

 tween 500 and 700 feet, is still more remarkable. 

 To bring this great resemblance between opposite 

 portions of the Australian continent before the 

 reader, I have inserted sketches of those parts which 

 were seen in the Beagle. 



