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APPENDIX. 
A. 
Sect. II. 
N. East 
Coast. 
SECTION il. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE WINDS AND WEATHER, AND OF 
THE PORTS, ISLANDS, AND COAST BETWEEN 
BREAKSEA SPIT AND CAPE YORK. 
The south-east trade is occasionally suspended near the 
shore by north-easterly winds during the months of June, 
July, and August, the only season that I have any expe- 
rience of the winds and weather upon the north-east coast ; 
the weather is generally thick and cloudy, and often accom- 
panied with showers of rain, particularly during the two 
first months. 
In the neighbourhood of Breaksea Spit in May, 1819, we 
experienced a fresh gale from the westward, after which 
it veered to S.E., with thick rainy weather: and in the 
neighbourhood of Cape Capricorn, in June, 1821, we had 
a fresh gale from’ the N.E. Among the Northumberland 
Islands, we have experienced westerly winds, but they blew 
in light breezes with fine weather. Even as far as Cape 
Grafton, the wind cannot be said to be steady. To the 
north of this point, however, the winds are always con- 
stant from the southward, and seldom or ever veer to the 
westward of south, or to the eastward of S.E.b.E. ; they 
generally are from S.S.E. : fresh winds cause the wea- 
ther to be hazy, and sometimes bring rain, which renders 
the navigation among the reefs in some degree dangerous. 
In my last voyage up the coast, on approaching Cape York, 
the weather was so thick that we could not see more than a 
quarter of a mile a-head; we, however, ran from reef to 
reef, and always saw them in sufficient time to alter the 
course if we were in error. In such a navigation cloudy 
dull weather is, however, rather an advantage than other- 
