154 WALLABY ISLANDS. 



named East Wallaby Island ; another large one, 

 named West Wallaby Island, lying two miles to the 

 W. S. W. with three small flat islets just between. 

 To these we gave the name of Pigeon Islands, 

 the common bronze-winged pigeon being found 

 there in great numbers. The harbour we 

 named Recruit Harbour, from its affording fresh 

 supplies of the small kangaroo, in addition to 

 the fish found every where else. Like the other 

 ports in the Abrolhos, it is full of coral patches ; 

 the south point of north Pigeon Island, in one with 

 a bare sand-hill on the S. E. point of W^est Wallaby 

 Island, bearing S. 50° W., leads into the harbour 

 clear of the spit on the north-west side and some 

 coral patches on the east. In entering we had 7 

 and 8 fathoms, but the depth inside is 11 and 

 12 ; it is perfectly sheltered on all sides. 



These islands, after the others, of which the 

 greatest height is 12 feet, appear of considerable 

 altitude ; though the loftiest point rising on the 

 north-east extreme of East Wallaby Island, measures 

 no more than 50 feet. This island is upwards of 

 a mile each way ; whilst the west one is two miles 

 and a half long, and one broad. In the centre of 

 the eastern is a low flat, with hills rising all around, 

 with the exception of the south side. The loftiest, 

 which is called Flag Hill, is, as I have mentioned, 

 on the north-eastern extreme, and has a long finger- 

 shaped- point running out from its foot in a north- 

 east direction, to which we gave the name of Fish 



