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Islands, are several small rocky islands, particularly on the a. 
north-east side of the former ; and at the distance of three Sect. IV. 
miles, to the north of the centre of Malus Island, is a patch N. West 
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of flat rocks, which are those seen and noticed by Dampier, 
(Dampier, vol. iii. p. 81, tab. iv. No. 10), but from his 
vague account, it is not at all certain what island he saw ; 
and, was it not for the peculiarity and remarkable appearance 
of Courtenay Head, it might have been any of the others. 
There is good anchorage in all parts about the Archipelago, 
particularly within Lewis Island, where the Intercourse 
Islands will shelter a ship from whatever point the wind 
may blow. 
There is no wood of any size to be procured among the 
islands, which is a great drawback upon its utility as a port. 
In the rainy season water is doubtless abundant, but must 
be soon evaporated. We saw no rivulet or any fresh water, 
excepting a few gallons that were protected from the heat of 
the sun by being under the shade of a fig, but from the 
number of natives seen by us, it is probable that there must 
be a large quantity not far off. The natives of this part use 
logs to convey them from and to the islands. A small 
sandy island, with a reef extending for two miles from its 
north-west end, and one mile and a half from its south-east 
end, lies off* the south-west end of Enderby Island, and 
would serve as a good protection from the sea in a S.W. 
wind, for the anchorage on the south side of Enderby Island. 
The main land is high and rocky behind the islands, but 
at the bottom of the bay again assumes a low charac- 
ter : more to the westward, a range of hills rises abruptly 
and advances for fourteen miles in a N.W. direction from 
the interior, and reaches the shores of the bay, when it ex- 
tends for eleven miles to the westward, and is then termi- 
nated by a valley, or an opening of one mile and a half wide, 
