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end of Byam Martin’s Island are several smaller islets and a. 
coral reefs ; the latter extend from it for more than six miles: 
the north“Westernmost of these islets is the land seen in 1801 N. West 
by Captain Hey wood, and was called by him Vulcan Point: 
Red Island, which he also saw, is eight miles to the west- 
ward; it is in latitude 15® 13' 15", and long. 124° 15' 45" : 
between it and Champagny Isles the ebbing tide uncovered 
several extensive reefs. Ten miles N. 26° E. from Red 
Island, and S. 71° W, from Freycinet’s Island, is a dry 
sand-bank surrounded by' a reef. 
Degerando Island, so called by the French, is the south- 
ernmost of the CHAMPAGNY ISLES: considerable reefs 
extend off its south end, which are dry at low water ; its 
centre is in latitude 15° 20' 45", and longitude 124° 13' 15". 
CAMDEN BAY is formed between Byam Martin’s Island 
and Pratt’s Islands, and extends to the eastward to Roger’s 
Strait; it is twelve miles deep and eight wide. Here the 
tide rose and fell thirty-seven feet and a half, the moon’s 
age being nineteen days. High water took place thirteen 
minutes after the moon’s transit. 
Between Camden Bay and Point Swan, a distance of 
ninety miles, the main land falls back, and forms a very 
considerable opening fronted by a multitude of islands, 
islets, and reefs, into which, from our loss of anchors, v;e 
were not able to penetrate. From Camden Bay the islands, 
for the coast seemed too irregular to be the main-land, 
extend in a range in a south direction for more than fifty- 
five miles, to where there appeared to be a deep opening, or 
strait, from three to five miles wide. An irregular line of 
coast then appeared to extend for seven leagues to the 
N.W., and afterwards to the westward for five or six leagues. 
