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CHAPTER IX. 
Departure from Caledon Bay. Cape Arnhem,. Melville Bay. Cape 
Wilbcrforce , and Bromby’s Isles. The English Company’s Islands : 
meeting there with vessels from Macassar. Arnhem Bay. The 
Wessel’s Islands. Further examination of the North Coast postponed. 
Arrival at Coepang Bay, in Timor. Remarks and astronomical obser- 
vations. 
At daylight in the morning of Feb. 10, we sailed down Caledon 
Bay, and steered eastward along the south side of the islands lying 
in the entrance. In passing the outer island I landed with the bota- 
nical gentlemen, and took bearings from a small elevation on its 
north-east end, which materially assisted in fixing the positions of 
the northern islets, and extending the survey onward along the coast. 
Cape Grey, the hummock on it, bore - S. 27° 13' W. 
Mount Alexander, - - - N. 11 45 W. 
Furthest extreme northward, - - N. 13 43 E. 
This outer island is nearly a mile long, E. by N. and W. by S., 
and mostly destitute of wood ; but one valley was thickly covered, 
and so interlaced with vines as to be impenetrable. The latitude 
observed to the north and south, at the sandy west point, was 
12’ 52' 59" south. 
We re-joined the ship at one o’clock, and steered northward, 
without side of the islets and rocks which lie scattered along the 
shore as far as Mount Alexander. Amongst these are three near 
to each other, with hummocks upon them, which, as in many points 
of view they seem to make but one island, may probably have been 
meant by the northernmost of the three isles in the Dutch chart. 
1805. 
February. 
Thurs. 10. * 
(Atlas, 
Plate XV.) 
