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ill sight from the coast, separated from each other by chan- 
nels, generally navigable, between one to five miles wide. 
Good anchorage may be found among these islands, for 
the sea cannot fail of being smooth in the strongest winds. 
The depth among these islands is from four to six fathoms, 
and the bottom generally of gravel or sand. 
CURLEW RIVER is defended by a shoal entrance, and 
is merely a creek running through a low country for three 
miles ; its banks are overrun with mangroves, and it afibrds 
no inducement whatever for vessels to visit it. The country 
behind is low, and, at spring tides, or during the rainy 
season, is inundated. 
The coast continues low and sandy to Cape Locker, a 
distance of thirteen miles, and with the same barren cha- 
racter for twenty miles further, forming the east side of Ex- 
mouth Gulf. Rosily, and Thevekard Isles are low and 
sandy ; they were seen by us at a considerable distance. 
BARROW’S ISLAND, of about forty miles in circum- 
ference, is of moderate height and level aspect, but of 
very steril and barren appearance. A considerable reef 
extends towards the main from its south-east side, where 
there is also a small islet : on the north-east side are three 
islets ; the two outermost of which are low and rocky. The 
west coast of Barrow’s Island was seen by the French, who 
thought it was part of the main ; they named its north-west 
end, Cape Duplty; and its south end. Cape Poivre. At ten 
miles S. 25° W. from the last cape, the French charts have 
assigned a position to a reef: and four miles N. 10° E. from 
Cape Dupuy is another. Neither were noticed by us, since 
we did not approach this part sufficiently near to see them 
A. 
Sect. 
N.~West 
Coast,. 
