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English Company's Islands.] TERRA AUSTRALIS, 
swinering of the ship in the road, it appeared that the last of the ebb, isos. 
' ^ ^ *■ February. 
as well as the whole of the flood, came from the N. E. ; an irregu- 
larity which might be caused by the shallow passage between the 
two islands. 
The weather was still squally on the 23rd, but in the afternoon Wednes, 23. 
became finer; and at three o’clock we steered south-westward, 
between the islands and the main, with a flood-tide in our favour and 
ihe whale boat sounding a-head. All the points of the main coast, 
like the western sides of the islands, are low and rocky, and they are 
bordered with reef; but we had tolerably good soundings, from 20 
to 7 fathoms, in passing along them at the distance of a mile. At 
dusk in the evening we came to, in 5 fathoms muddy ground, in a 
place much like Malay Road ; it is formed by Inglis’ and Bosan- 
quet’s Islands, and except in a space between them, of half a mile 
wide,, we had land at various distances all round.-. 
Inglis’ Island forms here a pretty looking cove, in which is a 
woody islet. In the morning I sounded the cove ; and finding it to Thursday 24 ;, 
be shallow, went on, accompanied by the landscape painter, to take 
bearings from the steep north-east head of the island. From thence 
the main coast was visible four leagues further, extending in the 
same south-western direction ; at the end of it was an island of con- 
siderable elevation, which I named Mallison’s Island, and west of it 
another, with land running at the back. The bearings which most 
served to prolong the survey, were these : 
Pobassoo’s I., east cliff', in a line with Malay Road, N. 55 0 o' E. 
Moved back S. 53 0 W. £ mile. 
Mallison’s I., steep south-east head, - - S. 38 25 W. 
, outer of two rocks on the north-west side, S. 4,8 47 W. 
We had not brought any provision in the boat; but Inglis’ 
Island appearingdo terminate three or four miles further on, I hoped 
to make the circuit, and reach the ship to a late dinner. An Indian 
followed along the shore, inviting us by signs to land ; but when 
the boat’s head was turned that way, he retreated into the wood ? 
