COAST FROM THE TAMAR TO EMU BAY. 471 



into an estuary, called Port Sorel ; but it is difficult 

 to detect the mouths of the others in the low sandy 

 shore, which is deceptive, as the hills rising imme- 

 diately in the rear give the coast a bold striking appear- 

 ance from the offing. These rivers, namely, the Sorel, 

 the Mersey,* the Don, the Frith, and the Leven, are 

 distant from the Tamar, eleven, eighteen, twenty, 

 twenty-three and twenty-seven miles. 



A range of hills, nearly 2000 feet high, in which 

 asbestos is found, lies midwav between Port Sorel 

 and the Tamar ; and immediately over Dial Point 

 rises a peaked range, of the same name j whilst 

 Valentine Peak,| 4000 feet in height, is situated 

 twenty-three miles S. 40" W. from the above point. 

 This peak is a bare mass of granite, and as it glistens 

 in the first beams of the morning sun like an immense 

 spire, forms the most remarkable hill-feature in the 

 north side of Tasmania. High level ranges extend 

 to the eastward of it for some distance. 



From Dial Point to Circular Head the coast 

 trends N. 72° W., and as far as Rocky Point the 

 shore is steep and woody. Emu Bayt lies at the 

 end of the first ten miles ; it is a confined anchorage, 

 affording shelter in westerly winds. A river of the 

 same name runs into it, and another called the Blyth 



* A horse-shoe reef, extending nearly two miles from the shore, 

 lies two miles to the eastward. 



t In lat. 4 IM7' S. and long. 5" 28i' W. of Sydney, and when 

 bearing S. by W. is a distant guide to Emu Bay. 



X The N. W. or Blackman's Point is low, and in lat. 41" 2' 45" 

 S., long. 5" 18' 50" W. of Sydney. 



