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SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL 
New South Wales; a distance of six hundred 
and ninety miles. As my instructions did not 
authorize my delaying to examine any part of 
this coasts I could not penetrate into the many 
numerous and extensive openings that presented 
themselves in this space; particularly in the 
neighbourhoods of Capes Gloucester, Upstart, 
and Cleveland ; where the intersected and broken 
appearances of the hills at the back are matters 
of interesting inquiry and research. 
My instructions at first confined me between 
Cape Arnhem and the North-west Cape, but 
were subsequently extended to the western coast. 
The examination .of the northern and part of the 
north-western coasts, from Wessel Islands to 
Port George the Fourth, a distance of seven 
hundred and ninety miles, has been carefully 
made, and, with a few exceptions, every opening 
has been explored. Those parts in this inter- 
val that yet require examination are some inlets 
on the south side of Clarence Strait, and one 
of more considerable size to the eastward of 
Cambridge Gulf, trending in to the south-east: 
otherways, the coast comprised within these 
limits has been sufficiently examined for all 
the purposes of navigation. 
The coast also between the North-west Cape 
and Depuch Island, containing two hundred and 
