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APPENDIX. 
a: 
Sect. II. 
N. East 
Coasts 
although the sides of the hills are wooded, yet it has a 
sombre and heavy appearance, and, at least, does not look 
fertile. The cape, in latitude 20° T 50", and longitude 
148° 26' 15", is the extremity of the mountainous range that 
extends off Mount Dryander. The variation observed off 
the island was 7° 1 T E. 
EDGECUMBE BAY is a deep indentation of the land, 
the shores of which are very low : its extent was not ascer- 
tained, but, by the bearings of some land at the bottom, it 
is seventeen miles deep ; and its greatest breadth, at the 
mouth, is about fourteen miles. It affords excellent shelter*, 
and between Middle Island (a small rocky islet of a mile 
and half in extent) and Gloucester Island there is good 
anchorage in seven fathoms muddy bottom, with protection 
from all winds. We did not examine the bay farther than 
passing round Middle Island in six, seven, and eight fathoms, 
mud. The western side is formed by low islands, that ap- 
peared to be swampy, but our distance was too great to 
form the most distant opinion of them : if the main is not 
swampy, it must be a rich and interesting country. 
HOLBOPcNE ISLAND is a rocky island, visible about 
seven or eight leagues, and has three small islets near it : it 
is in latitude 19° 41' 5", and longitude 148° 17' 30". 
CAPE UPSTART is the extremity of Mount Upstart, 
which is so high as to be visible for more than twenty 
leagues in clear weather : it rises abruptly from a low pro- 
jection, and forms a long ridge of mountainous land ; the 
north-east end of the summit is in latitude 19° 41' 50", and 
longitude 147° 44' 30' . This point separates two deep 
bays, both of which were of very inviting appearance, on 
account of the high and broken character of the gullies on 
