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land seen by us in the Mermaid ; it is the north I 82 i. 
bfid of the land that forms the west side of Port Aug. 13. 
George the Fourth, which was afterwards called 
Augustus Island : to the westward of the point 
there appeared to be marly islands and much 
broken land. I sent Mr. Roe to Point Adieu to 
get some bearings from the summit of the hill, 
and in the mean time Mr. Baskerville sounded 
the channel between the point and the islands ; 
which he found to be deep and clear ; Mr. Roe’s 
report, however, of the appearance of the inner 
part among the islands was not so favourable, for 
it is studded over with numerous extensive reefs, 
which, being low water, were exposed to view. 
Mr. Roe saw a tolerably broad separation be- 
tween two islands to the south-west, but more 
to the westward the islands were so numerous, 
that very little information as to their shape or 
number could be obtained. 
At daylight the following morning we weighed, 14. 
and with a moderate land-breeze from S.E., 
steered to the N.W., and passed round the 
islands. Very far to the northward, on the sea 
horizon, we saw a sand-bank, surrounded with 
heavy breakers ; and more to the westward was 
an island, which was at first supposed to be one 
of the Champagny Isles of Captain Baudin, but 
which I afterwards satisfied myself was Captain 
