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land at the back is very high, and must give rise to several A. 
mountain, if not navigable, streams. Se^II. 
N. East 
MOUNT DRYANDER, whose summit is in latitude 20° *^‘’**‘- 
14' 10", and longitude 148° 30' 55", forms a small peak, and 
is visible from Repulse Bay, as well as from the northern 
extremity of the Cumberland Islands : it is four thousand five 
hundred and sixty-six feet high ; and the hills around it are 
at least from seven hundred to a thousand feet in height. 
The greater part of the water that collects from these hills 
probably empties itself into Repulse and Edgecumbe Bays, 
or it may be distributed in lagoons upon the low land that 
separates them. 
At the back of Point Slade there is a high mountainous 
range extending without interruption to the westward of 
Mount Upstart. In latitude 21° 1-|', and longitude 148° 36|' 
is a high-rounded summit, which is visible at the distance of 
twenty leagues : between this range, which is at the distance 
of from five to seven leagues from the sea, and the coast, are 
several ridges gradually lowering in altitude as they approach 
the shore. In the neighbourhood of Repulse Bay, this moun- 
tainous range recedes, and has a considerable track of low 
land at its base, which is possibly a rich country : from the 
height of the hills, it must be well watered. 
CAPE GLOUCESTER. The point of land that Captain 
Cook took originally for the cape, is an island of about 
five miles long and two broad, separated from the true 
Gape Gloucester by a strait, a mile and a half wide. The 
island is called Gloucester Island ; its summit at the north 
end is in latitude 19° 57' 24", longitude 148° 23' 38"; it is 
eighteen hundred and seventy-four feet high, and its summit 
is a ridge of peaks ; its shores ar^ rocky and steep ; and. 
