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northward is formed of high cliffs without much 
wood, and of a remarkable white colour. 15 
The next morning we passed round Cape Van 
Diemen ; and in the evening anchored off a ta- 
bular-shaped hill that formed the south end of a 
sandy bay. It was dark when we anchored : 
the next morning we found that we had anchored 
in the mouth of a very considerable river-like 
opening, the size of which inspired us with the 
flattering hope of having made an important 
discovery, for as yet we had no idea of the insu- 
larity of Melville Island. 
The table-shaped hill, near our anchorage, 
was named Luxmore Head, and the bay to the 
north was called St. Asaph’s, in compliment to 
the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of that 
diocese. 
The day being Sunday our intention was, 
after taking bearings from the summit of Lux- 
more Head, to delay our further proceeding until 
the next morning, but the circumstance that oc- 
curred kept us so much on the alert, that it was 
any thing but a day of rest. Having landed at 
the foot of the hill we ascended its summit, but 
found it so thickly wooded as to deprive us of 
the view we had anticipated ; but, as there were 
some openings in the trees through which a few 
distant objects could be distinguished, we made 
