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APPENDIX. 
A. 
Sect. IV. 
,N."West 
Coast, 
that separates it from the rocky hills of Cape Preston. 
The cape juts out into the sea, and is connected by reefs to 
some low sandy islands to the N.E. ; it is in lat. 20° 49' 45", 
and long. 116° 5'. In the centre of the bay, at eight miles 
N. 64° E. from the extremity of the cape, is a low, sandy 
islet, of about one-third of a mile in diameter ; and behind 
it, near the shores of the bay, there appeared to be other 
islands of the same size and character, the particular form 
and situation of which could not be distinguished. 
There is a small rocky islet off Cape Preston, and some 
to the S.S.W., in which direction the shore trends in and 
forms a bay, the shores of which were not seen. 
From Cape Preston the coast assumes a very different 
character from that to the eastward, being less sinuous, 
very low, and either fronted by mangroves, or by a range of 
sand hills, both of which conceal the interior. The coast, 
at from three to seven miles, is fronted by a range of 
low, sandy islets, from one quarter to two-thirds of a mile in 
diameter: there are, however, two or three near Cape Pres- 
ton of larger size, particularly one bearing S. 66° W., fifteen 
miles from the extremity of the cape, of rocky character, 
but very level, and apparently steril ; it is nearly circular, 
and about two miles in diameter. It is visible for about five 
leagues. 
Thirty miles S.W.b.S. from Cape Preston is a mangrove 
bight, with several openings communicating with a large 
lagoon, or body of water, at the base of a small range of 
hills. The bight is shoal and thickly studded with sandy 
islets. Hence the coast extends to the S.W.b.W., fronted 
by mangroves for about forty miles, and then for about 
sixteen miles S.W. to the entrance of Curlew River, 
Between Curlew River and Cape Preston, a space of 
eighty-five miles, there are not less than thirty sandy islets 
