SAILING DIRECTIONS. 
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miles long, but not more than half a mile wide ; it is sur- 
rounded by a coral reef, that does not extend more than a 
quarter of a mile from its northern end. On the south side, 
and within it, the space seemed to be much occupied by 
reefs, but they were not distinctly made out, on account of 
the thickness of the weather. There was also the appear- 
ance of a covered shoal, bearing N. 55° E. from the north 
end of the island, distant four miles 
li and w are two reefs ; the former, which was dry when 
we passed, lies six miles N. 18° W. from the north end of 
Night Island ; there is also a small rock detached from it, 
which is not visible until close to it. 
V is a covered coral reef, of about a mile and a quarter in 
extent; its centre is in 13° V latitude. 
SHERRARD’S ISLETS are low and bushy, and sur- 
rounded by a rocky shoal extending for a mile to the 
S.E. ; the south- westernmost is in 12° 58' 10" latitude, and 
143° 30' 15" longitude. 
10 is a low wooded islet, in latitude 12° 53' 10", on a 
reef of small extent ; abreast of it is a rocky islet, lying 
about a mile and a half south from CAPE DIRECTION ; 
off its east end is a smaller rock. 
The coast between Cape Sidmouth and Cape Direction is 
rather high, and the shore is formed by a sandy beach. Ten 
miles N.W. from the former cape is an opening in the hills ; 
the high land then continues to the northward to Cape Di- 
^ Observed many shoals to the N.W. of Night Island ; one 
bore E.N.E., two miles and a half from its north point; we saw 
much shoal water to seaward . — Roe MS, 
A. 
Sect. II. 
N. East 
Coast. 
