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ported three or four miles off the north-east side of 

 it : but we could see nothing of them, and had a 

 depth of 25 and 26 fathoms. We got soundings of 

 23 and 25 fathoms in passing along a few miles from 

 the coast towards Cape Leeuwin, in the neighbour- 

 hood of which we looked in vain for a rock called 

 the Rambler, that had been supposed to be about 

 twelve miles south-west of a remarkable white patch 

 close to the northward of the Cape, the locality of 

 which it always serves to shew. Twenty miles 

 west of Cape Leeuwin the depth was 47 fathoms. 



Passing along the south coast we found the white 

 topped rocks near Cape Chatham to be in long. 

 O'' 29' 30" E. of Swan River. They are not only re- 

 markable in themselves, but like the Eclipse Islands, 

 are admirably situated for shewing a ships position 

 when in with the coast. 



We entered King George's Sound on November 

 2nd. I should here observe that Bald Head is 

 connected with the main by a low piece of land, in 

 the centre of which stands a small peak ; this gives 

 the head, from the offing to the southward, the 

 appearance of an island. In the view annexed the 

 reader will perceive a representation of the con- 

 spicuous headland called Peaked Hill, with its pe- 

 culiar profile outline, lying about five miles south- 

 west of Bald Head. 



Proceeding up the Sound we anchored in Princess 

 Royal Harbour, Mount Clarence bearing N. N. E., 

 and the south end of Michaelmas Island just open 



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