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lsis. open to the north, offers a tolerable shelter during 
May 14. the easterly monsoon : the beach is sandy, but is, 
probably, shoal and of rocky approach. The 
country appeared verdant, and the hills are 
thickly wooded ; at the bottom of the bay a shoal 
opening trends in between two hills, over which, 
in the evening, seven natives were observed to 
cross in a canoe. This was called Lethbridge 
Bay. On the western side of the bay is a range 
of cliff like the pipe-clay cliff of Goulburn Island, 
the upper half being red, and the lower half 
white; and four miles off the west point of 
the bay are two patches of rocks on which 
the sea breaks ; these were called the Madford 
Shoals. 
is. Twenty-five miles west from Lethbridge Bay 
is a projecting point from which the coast takes 
a north-westerly direction. In passing a breaker 
that lies off the point, our cook fell over-board, 
but the boat was quickly lowered and picked 
him up ; for some time his life was despaired of, 
but a little attention, and the warmth of the sun’s 
heat, at last restored him. 
On each side of the point which is formed 
behind Karslake Island, is a bay ; and, at the 
bottom of each there appeared to be a shoal 
opening. The coast is here higher than usual, 
and is thickly wooded; but the coast line to the 
