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seen it ; for the information of those who have not, 

 I here subjoin a wood- cut.* 



-A_^ 



C. Nelson. C. Grant. Lawrence Isles. E. N. E. nine miles. 



Our anchorage was in 7 fathoms, midway between 

 the bluff on either side of the settlement, which we 

 were surprised to find had already assumed the ap- 

 pearance of a town, lying in the western corner of 

 the bay, on a sloping grassy bank. 



Here I met Mr. C. J. Tyers, government sur- 

 veyor, who had laid out the township of Portland. 

 As he had also made an accurate survey of the Bay, 

 little remained for us except to test its qualities, 

 which the prevalence of easterly winds gave us an 

 opportunity of doing. They at first caused a little 

 anxiety, as the anchorage was exposed in this 

 quarter ; but this feeling rapidly subsided on our 

 discovering the excellence of the holding ground, — 

 mud with a coating of sand, out of which we had 

 some difficulty in weighing our anchors. 



At Portland I had the pleasure of making the 

 acquaintance of Mr. rStephen Henty,t the leader of 



* Lawrence Isles lie off the point forming the south side of 

 Portland Bay. 



f My observations refer to this gentleman's new house, whicli 

 they place in lat. 38« 20'45''S. and long. 9° 36' 22" W. of Sydney, 

 by satisfactory meridian distances to the latter place, and from 

 South Australia. Preferring Mr. Tyers' diflference of longitude 

 by triangulation to the east entrance point of the Glenelg River, 



