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APPENDIX. 
A. 
Sect. II. 
N. East 
Coast. 
distinct islands, and perhaps as many more, for we were not 
within twelve miles of them. On the principal island is 
LINNE' PEAK, in latitude 20° 40' 30", and longitude 149° 9' 
10" ; it is seven or eight hundred feet high. 
SHAW'S PEAK, in latitude 20° 28', longitude 149° 2' 55", 
is on a larger island than any to the southward ; it is sixteen 
hundred and one feet high. The group consists of several 
islands; it is separated from the next to the northward by 
a channel five miles wide. In the centre is PENTECOST 
ISLAND, a remarkable rock, rising abruptly out of the 
sea to the height of eleven hundred and forty feet. Its lati- 
tude is 20° 23' 10", and longitude 148° 59' 30". 
The northern group of the Cumberland Islands are high, 
and appear to be better furnished with wood, and more fertile 
than the southern groups, particularly on their western sides. 
The principal peak, in latitude 29° 15' 10" and longitude 
148° 55', is fifteen hundred and eighty -four feet high, and is 
situated on the largest island, which is ten miles long, and 
from three to nine broad : it has several bays on either side, 
and off its south-eastern end are four small islands; be- 
yond them is a range of rocky islets. The northernmost 
island of this range is the extremity of the Cumberland 
Islands, as well as the north-eastern limit of Whitsunday 
Passage ; it forms a high, bluff point, in. latitude 20° O', and 
longitude 148° 50' 30", and is of bold approach: on the 
western side of the island are some low islets. 
REPULSE BAY is a deep bight ; its shores are low, but 
the hills rise to a great height. The extremity of the bay 
was not distinctly traced, but it is probable, upon examining 
it, that a fresh-water rivulet may be found ; and there may 
be a communication with Edgecumbe Bay. 
