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along the eastern shore ; but^ from the shoal- isis. 
ness of the water, we were obliged to sail at so Feb. is. 
great a distance, that its continuity was by no 
means distinctly traced. The inlet was named 
Exmouth Gulf, in compliment to the noble and 
gallant Viscount. 
Having, by night, reached a clear space, the 
cutter was kept under sail ; and the next morning, 19 
Vlaming Head and Muiron Island were seen, as 
well as the islets y and z, and the others to the S.E. 
The course was then directed to the eastward, and 
having reached within four miles of the coast, the 
depth of water was only two and a half fathoms. 
At noon, we passed between two other islets ; 
and, during the afternoon, steered along the 
coast parallel to it, and within a range of low 
sandy islets, of similar character with y and z, 
and the other islets in their vicinity. A low, 
sandy projection of the coast was named after 
Edward Hawke Locker, esq. 
Twelve miles to the eastward of Cape Locker, 
the shore is lined with mangroves, among which, 
a small opening, like a rivulet, was observed. 
On attempting to approach it, we were prevented 
by a reef of rocks that stretched across its en- 
trance ; but we succeeded in finding an anchorage 
about three miles to the eastward of the inlet, in 
