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long: it is separated from the real Cape by a isi 9 . 
Strait, a mile and a half wide. J ,me n - 
On passing round Gloucester Island, we saw 
Holborne Island, which Captain Cook discovered 
and named. We then hauled into Edgecumbe 
Bay, but as the night was advancing had 
not time to explore its shores. We therefore 
passed round Middle Island, which had escaped 
Captain Cook’s observation, and steered to the 
N.W., parallel with the shore of the main, 
which appeared to be very low. The next morn- 
ing we were steering towards Mount Upstart, 12 . 
and, at noon, passed within two miles of its 
extremity. Behind the Mount, which rises with 
remarkable abruptness from the low land in its 
rear, are two prominent hills ; the highest of which. 
Mount Abbott, has a peaked summit ; the irre- 
gular and mountainous appearance of the range 
upon which this Mount stands, and a very evident 
break in the hills on its western side, would lead 
one to suspect the existence of a river, of which 
the bay on the western side of the Mount may be 
the mouth. There is also a bay on the eastern 
side of Mount Upstart, which also has a river- 
like appearance. In fact, it is not at all certain 
whether Mount Upstart may not be an island, 
and the bay behind it the mouth of a considerable 
stream. 
