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anchorage to vessels of the largest description. It is nine miles in length, from 

 the entrance between Enderby and Green Islands, to the head of Laurie Cove, 

 which is only separated from the west coast by a short valley, ending in a 

 saddle of considerable height. The site of the old settlement is situated on a 

 low peninsula, at the entrance to Laurie Cove. It is the most level spot in 

 the whole island, and even this can hardly be called level, as it consists of 

 irregular mounds of peat, from which the dense scrub, with which it was 

 originally covered, has been cleared away. The last vestiges of the old settle- 

 ment have nearly disappeared, and in a few years it will be difficult for a 

 stranger to find the site of Port Ross. Shoe Island is a remarkable feature in 

 this port, as it lies in the centre of the harbour, half-way between the Heads 

 and Laurie Cove, and is formed of basaltic rock, which takes the form of a 

 shoe. It rises perpendicularly out of the water, which is of a considerable 

 depth all round it. 



" Basaltic Hump, which I see is called ' Deas Head ' by Sir James Ross, 

 in the 'Antarctic Expedition,' is another curious feature in this harbour. It is 

 formed of a large mass of basaltic rock in perfect columns, which rise to the 

 height of one hundred feet. 



" The main island is nearly twenty-five miles in length, and the whole 

 group from Enderby Island to South Cape on Adams' Island, in lat. 50 deg. 

 56 min., and long. 166 deg. 7 min., is about thirty-two miles. 



" The main island is extremely narrow at the northern end, and gradually 

 increases in width towards the south end, where it is fifteen miles across. 



"Adams' Island is at the south end of the main island. It forms the 

 south side of the entrance to Carnley's Harbour and its western arm. 



" The east coast of the main island greatly resembles the west coast of 

 Otago, on a miniature scale ; being a succession of rocky headlands, which 

 form the entrance to the remarkable inlets, which penetrate in most cases to 

 within a few miles of the west coast of the island. The character and de- 

 scription of these inlets so much resemble each other, that it is impossible to give 

 a detailed account of them ; from the eastward there is so much sameness in 

 their appearance, that it is difficult to distinguish one from the other, some of 

 them having more the appearance of ravines between the mountains, than the 

 entrances to harbours. Between Rendezvous and Carnley's Harbour there are 

 six large bays, some of them being nearly landlocked, and five sounds or inlets. 

 Most of these have tw r o arms which are rarely more than half a mile in width 

 and often not so much ; in some of them we had only just room to swing the 

 steamer. A small river, or rather a mountain torrent, runs into the sea at the 

 head of each of them, but so steep and precipitous are the mountains, that 

 some of these form waterfalls and cascades half a mile from the sea. One of 

 these sounds I named Cascade Inlet, and I have seldom seen a more grand or 

 magnificent sight than we saw here. One of the largest mountains on the 

 island forms a semi-circular cone round the head of Cascade Inlet, and down 

 the side of this mountain fell innumerable waterfalls and cascades of ail shapes 

 and sizes, and of considerable volume. All of them apparently spring out of 

 the ground, and the white spray rising in clouds, when it reaches the rocks 

 below, glistens in the sun, and gives • them at a distance the appearance of 

 masses of pure white marble. There had been a heavy fall of snow the night 

 before, and at this time of the year it melts very quickly, which would account 

 for the large amount of water that was pouring down when we were there. 



" Basin Bay was another striking and interesting feature on the east 

 coast. So evenly do the mountains rise up all round it, that one might almost 

 fancy it had been scooped out of a tremendous hill, and that the bay was a 

 little water at the bottom. Here, as at Cascade Inlet, the drainage of the 

 hills falls in numerous little waterfalls, which have not as yet, as far as we 



