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could see, made any impression on the side of the hill which might be calJed a 

 water-course or gully. 



" The entrance to Carnley Harbour, in lat. 50 deg. 50min., is extremely 

 narrow, being little more than a mile in width, the cliffs on each side being 

 nearly perpendicular. The harbour is divided into three main arms, the 

 northern, middle, and western. The northern arm is most exposed. It is 

 here the ' Grafton ' was wrecked. It runs in a north-westerly direction to within 

 a few miles of the coast, being only separated by a low saddle which I over- 

 looked from a high hill on the north side of the harbour. The middle arm is 

 separated from the northern by a peninsula, the hill on it rising up in the 

 shape of a beautiful cone. It is covered with scrub at the base, and grass at 

 the top ; the neck of this peninsula being only a few chains wide. 



"The Middle arm has two round bays at its western extremity, and the 

 large quantity of debris that has been brought down, by the mountain torrents, 

 at the head of them, has formed two large flats extending across the bays 

 nearly a mile from the shore, which are uncovered at low water. They are 

 composed of angular fragments of rock and mud. Between the south head of 

 this arm and Masked Island there is a deep bay, which, from the peculiar 

 appearance of the mountain above it, we called 'Amphitheatre Cove.' The 

 view of this bay from the harbour is strikingly beautiful. From about half 

 way up the hill, which is nearly 2000 feet in altitude,- basaltic columns rise in 

 regular order (with a small intervening space) one over the other, to the top of 

 the hill, which is one colossal mass of basaltic rock. These columns extend 

 with few breaks entirely round the bay, in regular order, and the lowest 

 columns are at least one hundred feet in height. They decrease in size towards 

 the top of the mountain, or the elevation gives them the appearance of doing so, 



" Camp Cove and Masked Island form the north head of the western 

 arm. The former is perfectly landlocked, and forms a miniature harbour in 

 Carnley 's Harbour. It affords safe anchorage for vessels of any size, the depth 

 of water ranging from twenty to four fathoms. It was here the ' Southland '" 

 was moored whilst we remained in Carnley's Harbour. 



" Masked Island is just off the head of Camp Cove, It is very small, and 

 seems to have been a favourite resort of seals, before they were disturbed by 

 Captain Musgrave's party. 



" The Western arm is extremely narrow, not exceeding two and a half 

 miles in its broadest part. It is connected with the west coast of the island 

 by a very narrow passage which has a small island in the centre, named by 

 C-iptain Musgrave ' Monumental Island.' The tide rushes through this 

 passage with great velocity, rendering it unsafe for any vessel to pass thrmigh ; 

 and with a strong westerly wind the breakers rushing through such a narrow 

 gap, make the whole passage one sheet of foain, which in a strong gale must 

 be a really magnificent sight. 



" The south coast of Adams' Island presents an almost unbroken line of 

 perpendicular cliffs, which extend in a south-westerly direction to the South 

 Cape. On the west side of this cape a narrow inlet running in a northerly 

 direction ends in an abrupt ravine. The entrance to this; inlet is between two 

 immense cliffs, which tower like wails to a height of several hundred feet. 



From the South Cape, the coast line runs in a north-westerly direction to 

 West Cape. A little to the east of this cape the entrance to the narrow 

 passage running into the Western arm commences ; on the east side of the 

 entrance are two curious rocks, jet black in eoloiir. They rise like two 

 immense pillars, and mark the entrance of this dangerous passage. 



" From the West Cape the coast trends to the north-east, almost in a 

 straight line, to the north point of the main island, a distance of about twenty- 

 six miles. This coast may well be called precipitous and iron-bound, as the. 



