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SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL 
CHAPTER VIII. 
Examination of the coast between Cape Londonderry and Cape 
Voltaire, containing- the surveys of Sir Graham Moore's Islands, 
Eclipse Islands, Vansittart Bay, Admiralty Gulf, and Port 
Warrender: — Encounter with the natives of Vansittart Bay : 
Leave the coast at Cassini Island for Coepang .—Obliged to 
bear up for Savu Anchor at Zeeba Bay, and interview with 
the rajah: — Some account of the inhabitants: — ’Disappointed 
in not finding- water : — Leave Zeeba Bay, and beat back against 
the monsoon to Coepang: — Complete wood and water, and 
procure refreshments : — Return to Port Jackson : — Pass the 
latitude assigned to the Tryal Rocks : — Arrival in Sydney Cove* 
1819. We had now reached a part of the coast which, 
October i. excepting a few of the islands that front it, the 
French expedition did not see : we should, 
therefore, have commenced its examination with 
more pleasure had we been in a state better 
fitted for the purpose ; for we were rapidly con- 
suming our stock of water without any prospect 
of finding a supply at this season ; and this, 
added to the loss of our anchors, considerably 
lessened the satisfaction we should otherwise 
have felt in viewing the prospect before us. 
After a calm and sultry morning, a breeze from 
the N.E. carried us towards the land, the situ- 
ation of which was pointed out by the smoke 
