COASTS OF AUSTRALIA. 
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group, I found we were at least two or three 
miles from the shore of the latter. A few minutes 19. 
after midnight we were relieved from our fears 
by the sudden springing up of a fresh breeze 
from S.W., and in a moment found ourselves, 
comparatively, out of danger. 
At daylight we were eight miles to the north- 20 . 
east of Caflfarelli Island ; whence we steered to 
the S.W.b.W. and S.S.W. Brue Reef was seen 
as we passed by it. At noon our latitude was 
16° 14' 1", Cape Leveque bearing South. 
From noon until one o’clock we were steering 
S.S.W., but made no progress, on account of an 
adverse tide, which occasionally formed such 
strong eddies and ripplings, that we were se- 
veral times obliged to steer off to get without 
their influence. The land of Cape Leveque is 
low, and presents a sandy beach lined by a 
rocky reef, extending off* the shore for a mile, 
on many parts of which the sea was breaking 
heavily: the land was clothed with a small 
brush wood, but altogether the coast presented a 
very unproductive appearance, and reminded us 
of the tristo and arid character of the North- 
West Cape. 
On laying down upon the chart the plan of this 
part, I found Cape Leveque to be the point 
which Dampier anchored under when on his 
