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islands is taken from Capt. D. Kolffs Voyage, in 1825, 

 translated by Mr. W. Earl, from the Dutch. — Lette has 

 " reefs extending along shore at the distance of half a mile 

 from the land." — Mo a has reefs on the S.W. part. — Lakor 

 has a reef lining its shore ; these islands are coloured red. — 

 Still more eastward, Luan has, differently from the last- 

 mentioned islands, an extensive reef; it is steep outside, 

 and within there is a depth of twelve feet ; from these facts, 

 it is impossible to decide to which class this island belongs. 

 — Kissa, off the point of Timor, has its "shore fronted by 

 a reef, steep too on the outer side, over which small proahs 

 can go at the time of high water;" coloured red. — Timor; 

 most of the points, and some considerable spaces of the 

 northern shore, are seen in Freycinet's chart to be fringed 

 by coral-reefs; and mention is made of them in the 

 accompanying Hydrog. Memoir ; coloured red. — Savu, S.E. 

 of Timor, appears in Flinders' chart to be fringed; but 

 I have not coloured it, as I do not know that the reefs are 

 of coraL — Sandalwood Isld. has, according to Horsburgh 

 (voL ii. p. 607), a reef on its southern shore, four miles 

 distant from the land ; as the neighbouring sea is deep, and 

 generally bold, this probably is a barrier-reef, but I have not 

 ventured to colour it. 



N.W. Coast of Australia. — It appears, in Capt. King's 

 Sailing Directions (Narrative of Survey, vol. ii. pp. 325-369), 

 that there are many extensive coral-reefs skirting, often at 

 considerable distances, the N.W. shores, and encompassing 

 the small adjoining islets. Deep water, in no instance, is 

 represented in the charts between these reefs and the land ; 

 and, therefore, they probably belong to the fringing class. 

 But as they extend far into the sea, which is generally 

 shallow, even in places where the land seems to be some- 

 what precipitous ; I have not coloured them. Houtman's 



