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hair and clothes filled with them; and as their bite is very sharp, T , 1 1 sos ' 
J February, 
and their vengeance never satisfied, there was no other resource than 
stripping as expeditiously as possible. 
The sun was at this time very near the zenith, which not only 
prevented the latitude from being observed in the artificial horizon, 
but rendered the observations from the sea horizon, to the north and 
south at the same noon, liable to inaccuracies ; and in consequence, 
our positions in this neighbourhood may not be very correct. 
The latitude of Point Dundas, from one double 
observation, was 12 0 13' 50"; but from the 
bearing of Mount Saunders, it is taken to be 12° 13' 0" S. 
Longitude by survey from Caledon Bay, being 
l' greater than by time keepers, - 136 41 40 E. 
Variation of the theodolite on Harbour Rock, 1 13 east. 
And except in the doubtful instance of the iron-stone shore on the 
south-east side of the bay, the bearings in other parts did not differ 
more than 20' from it. 
The greatest rise of tide here, according to the marks on shore, 
did not seem to have exceeded eight feet. High water took place 
nearly five hours before, and seven hours after the moon's passage 
over the meridian ; which is nearly two hours and a half earlier than 
in Caledon Bay, as that is earlier than in Blue-mud Bay, further 
south in the gulph. 
At two in the afternoon of the 16th, the wind being moderate Wedne*?. is, 
at N. N. W., we worked out of Melville Bay; and anchored at dusk, 
five miles from the entrance in 13 fathoms, sand and mud. Next 
morning, in following the line of the western shore with a breeze off Thursday if. 
the land, we passed three rocks lying out from a point under Mount 
Bonner ; and further on, six or seven miles short of Cape Wilber- 
force, there was a small shallow opening. From the north part of 
this cliffy cape, a chain of islands and rocks extends out three or 
four leagues to the E. N. E., which I call Bromby’s Isles, after my 
worthy friend the Rev. John Bromby of Hull. One of these is cliffy, 
