APPENDIX, 
A. 
Previously to entering into the detail of the following 
coast-directions, in which it has been attempted, for the 
sake of a more easy reference, to collect all the nautical 
information under one general head, it may be proper to 
premise, that Captain Flinders, in the account of his voy- 
age*, has given two very useful chapters upon the winds 
and weather that may be experienced upon the various 
coasts of this continent ; as well as information respecting its 
general navigation, and particular sailing-directions for the 
outer passage from Port Jackson through Torres’ Strait, 
by entering the reefs at Murray’s Island. From these 
chapters Captain Horsburgh has arranged, in his valuable 
work on the Hydrography ^c. of the Indian Ocean, a set of 
sailing-directions, and other nautical information f, that will 
be found useful for the navigation of the southern and 
eastern coasts of this continent. 
* Vol. i. book 1. ch. xi., and vol. ii. book 2. ch. xi. 
t Horsburoh’s Indian Directory^ vol.ii. pp. 493, 515. 
