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from the west end of Percy Island, No. 1, are some rocks, 
but I am not aware whether they are covered : they were seen 
by Lieutenant Jeffries in 1815. 
Another patch of dry rocks was seen by me from the 
summit of a hill at the west end of Percy Island, No. 1, 
whence they bore S. 60° W. (magnetic), and were supposed 
to be distant about eight or nine miles. The variation of the 
compass here is between 7° and 8° East. 
A. 
Sect. II. 
N. East 
Coast. 
The PERCY ISLES have also been described by Captain 
Flinders ; the bay at the west end of No. 1, is of very steep 
approach, and not safe to anchor in, excepting during a 
south-east wind: the anchorage at No. 2, inside the pine 
islets, is bad, since the bottom is rocky; the ground is, how- 
ever, clearer more to the southward ; on the whole, this an- 
chorage is not insecure, since there is a safe passage out 
either on the north or south sides of the Pine Islets. Wood 
may be procured with facility, and water also, unless the 
streams fail in the dry season. Captain Flinders was at these 
islands at the latter end of September, and found it abun- 
dant. The flood-tide comes from the north-east; at the 
anchorage in the channel, between the pine islets and No. 2, 
the flood sets to the south, and the ebb to the north ; the 
maximum rate was one and a quarter knot. High water oc- 
curred at the latter place two hours and a half before the 
moon’s passage; but, on the following day, did not pre- 
cede it more than one hour and a half. Captain Flinders 
mentions high water taking place on shore at eight hours 
after the moon’s passage. (Vide Flinders, vol. ii. p. 82.) 
The tide rose twelve feet when the moon was thirteen days 
old. The north-west end of No. 1 is in latitude 21° 44' 50", 
longitude 150° 16' 40"; south-west end of No. 2 is in lati- 
tude 21° 40' 50", longitude 150° 13'. 
