COASTS OP AUSTRALIA. 
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This last I did not see myself, but two men I 822 . 
perceived it distinctly from the mast-head, and Jan. 17. 
it is from their accounts that I am induced to 
give it a place upon the chart. The position 
of the vessel, when we saw the breakers, was 
in latitude 28° 53', and in longitude 114° 2 \ 
and from the short interval between our ob- 
taining sights for the chronometer, and the me- 
ridional observation at noon, the position may be 
considered to be tolerably correct. After taking 
the bearings, and before sail was made, we 
sounded in twenty-five fathoms, fine shelly sand ; 
but, as we stood to the eastward, the water 
gradually deepened to tw^enty-nine and thirty 
fathoms. 
The next morning at daylight the land was is. 
out of sight, but at five o’clock was distinguished, 
forming a range of flat-topped land, probably 
about one thousand feet high. At the northern 
end of the range were four or five hills standing 
apart from each other, of which, in the view we 
then had of them, the northernmost was flat- 
topped, and the others peaked; at the south 
end of the range were three other distinct hills, 
the centre being peaked and the other two flat- 
topped. Near the centre of the main range was 
another summit that was remarkable for its form. 
This range was seen by Captain Hamelin of 
