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SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL 
CHAPTER X. 
Cross the Gnl of Carpentaria, and anchor at Goulburn's South 
Island Affair with the natives Resume the survey ot the 
coast at Cassini Island —Survey of Montagu Sound, York 
Sound, and Prince Frederic’s Harbour :-Hunter’s and Roes 
Rivers, Port Nelson, Coronation Islands Transactions at Ca- 
reening Bav : — Repair the cutter’s bottom :-General geognos- 
tical and botanical observations:— Natives’ huts Brunswick 
Bav— Prince Regent's River:— Leave the coast in a leaky 
state ; — Tryal Rocks, Cloates Island:— Pass round the west and 
south coasts :— Bass Strait :— Escape from shipwreck :— Botany 
Bay:— Arrival at Port Jackson. 
1890. We did not leave our anchorage off Booby Island 
AugT 17. until the next morning, in order that we might 
obtain sights for the watches, and have the ad- 
vantage of daylight for passing over the position 
assigned to a shoal, said to have been seen by 
the ship Aurora. After weighing, we steered 
W.S.W. for sixty miles without seeing any signs 
of it; and on this course our soundings very 
gradually increased to thirty fathoms. 
18 _19. On our passage across the Gulf of Carpentaria 
we had very fine weather, but the horizon was 
enveloped in haze. The S.E. monsoon was 
steady but very light; and the wind during the 
day veered occasionally to N.E., which might 
here be called a sea-breeze. 
