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APPENDIX. 
A. 
Sect. IV. 
N.’West 
Coast. 
north-east corner are two remarkable hills, Mounts Trafal- 
gar and Waterloo : the situation of the summit of the 
former is in latitude 15° 16' 35", and longitude 125° 4'. The 
basin is from eight to nine miles in diameter, but affords 
no safe anchorage until a vessel is above St. Patrick’s 
Island. The northern side of the basin is shoaler, and has 
two small inlets, which trend in on either side of the mounts, 
and run in for upwards of five miles, but they are salt. At 
the south side of the basin there are two or three inlets of 
considerable size, that trend in towards a low country. At 
ten miles S.E.b.E. from the narrow entrance to the basin 
the river again resumes its narrow channel, and runs up so 
perfectly straight for fourteen miles in a S.E.b.E. course, 
that the hills, which rise precipitously on either bank, were 
lost in distance, and the river assumed the most exact 
appearance of being a strait; it was from one to one mile 
and a quarter wide, and generally of from four to eight 
fathoms deep on a bottom of yellow sand : the river then 
took a slight bend, and continued to run up for twelve 
or thirteen miles further, with a few slight curves, and 
gradually to decrease in width until terminated by a bar 
of rocks; which, when the tide rose high enough to fall 
over, was very dangerous to pass: here a considerable gully 
joins the main stream, and, being fresh water, was sup- 
posed to have the same source as Roe’s River. The river 
trended up for about three or four miles farther, when it is 
entirely stopped by a rapid formed of stones, beyond which 
we did not persevere in tracing it ; the tide did not reach 
above this, and the stream was perceived to continue and 
form a very beautiful fresh-water river, about two or three 
hundred yards wdde. As our means did not allow of our 
persevering any further, we gave up our examination. At 
seventeen miles above St. George’s Basin, on the south 
