COASTS OF AUSTRALIA. 
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Rothsay and Munster Waters with the main i82i. 
stream. The vessel was at times unmanageable, Aug. 6 . 
from the violent whirlpools through which we 
passed, and was more than once whirled com- 
pletely round upon her keel ; but our former 
experience of a similar event prepared us to 
expect it, and the yards were as quickly braced 
round. 
Having passed all the dangers, the ebb-tide 
very soon carried us out of the river into Hano- 
ver Bay. In passing the easternmost of the 
outer isles, the shrill voices of natives were heard 
calling to us, and Bundell returned their shout, 
but it was some time before we could discern 
them, on account of the very rugged nature of 
the island : at last, three Indians were observed 
standing upon the rocks near the summit of the 
island, but, as the tide was running out with 
great strength, we were soon out of hearing. 
Soon after one o’clock the brig was anchored 
at about half a mile off the sandy beach in 
Hanover Bay, in eight fathoms, (half flood,) 
muddy bottom. The boats were immediately 
hoisted out and sent up the river, but the tide 
was ebbing, and the difficulty of filling the casks 
so great that, after great labour, we only pro- 
cured a puncheon of water. The launch was 
moored without the rocky bed of the river, while 
