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tide, raised a short deep swell, that caused the 1819 . 
cutter to ride very uneasily at her anchor. At July 24. 
four o’clock in the morning, the ring of the 
anchor broke, and we drifted a cable’s length to 
leeward before another could be dropped. At 
day-light the wind blew so hard, as to prevent 25. 
our picking up the broken anchor, and we pro- 
ceeded towards Mount Adolphus, passing half a 
mile to the eastward of Albany Islands, that lie off 
the south-east end of Cape York. 
As the soundings between Mount Adolphus 
and the Investigator’s track, to the north of Wed- 
nesday and Hammond's Islands, had not been 
previously laid down by Captain Flinders, I de- 
termined on passing out that way ; and, after 
clearing the channel between Mount Adolphus 
and Cape York, steered for the N.E. end of Wed- 
nesday Island, leaving the rock, a, a quarter of a 
mile to the eastward of our course. Off the 
extremity of Cape York is an island of conical 
shape, separated from it by a very narrow rocky 
channel. The land to the westward of this pro- 
jection trends slightly in, and forms a sandy bay, 
fronted by a reef and some rocky islets. The 
hills at the back of Cape York are moderately 
high, and rugged, and only covered with a slight 
vegetation. 
Mount Adolphus is high and flat topped, and 
Voii. I. R 
