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of the main, being in fact fragments of a pro- 

 montory, forming a gulf similar to Exmouth Gulf, 

 lying to the south-west of it. I had been led to ex- 

 pect this from the fact of our finding the flood stream 

 coming from the north-east, whereas the direction 

 of it in the offing is N. N. W. 



Barrow's Island, being about twelve miles broad 

 and twenty long, would, in the event of a penal set- 

 tlement being formed in this neighbourhood, make 

 a good second Norfolk Island. On leaving we 

 brought away with us seven tons of turtle from the 

 abundant supplies its shores afforded. Many of 

 them we gave to our friends at Swan River on our 

 arrival. We cannot quit this island without re- 

 minding our readers that it was named after the 

 distinguished Secretary to the Admiralty, who has 

 just retired from office after a period of service of 

 nearly half a century, during which time he was 

 the promoter of all geographical research, and 

 mainly instrumental in founding a society which is 

 of growing importance to Great Britain, and who 

 has established a lasting reputation both by his 

 travels and his literary productions. 



On our return to Tremouille Island Mr. Fitz- 

 maurice joined us, having completed the examination 

 of the Montebello Group, a large proportion of 

 chart material, in a very short space of time, con- 

 sidering the number of small islands, which would 

 render it an endless labour to attempt any descrip- 

 tion, further than that they lie something in the 



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