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APPENDIX. 
A. High water at full and change 8h 56' 
Sect#I. 
E. Coast, »j']^e south-east trend of SMOKY CAPE is in latitude 30° 55 
40", longitude 153° 4 ' 30 ". 
TRIAL BAY, so named by Lieutenant Oxley, who an- 
chored in it on a second expedition to examine Port Mac- 
quarie previous to its being settled, is a convenient roadstead 
during southerly winds : it is situated on the north side of 
Smoky Cape, and affords an anchorage in three fathoms, 
protected from the sea as far as N.E.b.E. Fresh water may 
be procured from a stream that runs over the beach. Four 
miles to the north of Smoky Cape is an inlet having a bar 
harbour, on which there is but eight feet water. 
SHOAL BAY is the next harbour to the northward : the 
following description of it is from Captain Flinders, (Flinders’ 
Terra Australis, Introduction, cxcv.) 
On the south side of the entrance, which is the deepest, 
there is ten feet at low water ; and within side the depth is 
from two to four fathoms, in a channel near the south shore: 
the rest of the bay is mostly occupied by shoals, over which 
boats can scarcely pass when the tide is out. High water 
appeared to take place about seven hours after the moon’s 
passage ; at which time a ship not drawing more than four- 
teen feet, might venture in, if severely pressed. Shoal Bay 
is difficult to be found except by its latitude, which is 29° 
26 1', but there is on the low land about four leagues to the 
southward, a small hill somewhat peaked, which may serve 
as a mark to vessels coming from that direction.” 
Cape Byron, in latitude 28° 38' 10", longitude 153° 37' 
20". Mount Warning is in latitude 28° 24', longitude 
153° 12'. 
