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visit, but I take Malus Island to be that on which isis. 
he landed, and the bluff, which he describes as the March 
oast end of the island, is no other than our Cour- 
tenay Head, for it is the only land of that cha- 
racter hereabouts, and is visible from the deck of 
a large ship, at the distance of seven leagues. 
In the bearing that Dampier saw it, namely, 
S.E„ our Rosemary Island would appear to be 
joined to Malus Island, and hence his opinion* 
that it was “ an island five or six leagues in 
length, and one in breadth.” 
In one of his draughts, (No. 9,) he gives a 
view of the head, bearing E.S.E., six leagues; 
and this bearing and distance, applied to our 
Courtenay Head, will cross the latitude of 20 
21', which is that noted in the draught ; and in 
the next draught, (No. 10,) when the head bears 
S.E. by S., two black rocks are inserted, bearing 
S.E. by E., and a point of land East : the black 
rocks readily answer to the two flat rocks of my 
chart, and the land about Gidley Island will 
bear East. No light can be thrown upon the 
subject from his drawings of the head-lands, since 
they are too minute to be compared with nature. 
That the Montebello Islands are not the 
Rosemary Islands is evident, from their being 
low, having no bluff head, and from their not 
being visible so far as Dampier saw those he 
