SAILING DIRECTIONS. 
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slightly wooded, and lined with reefs, that in some places A. 
extend for two miles from the shore. Off Cape Lesciie- 
N AULT (in latitude 31° 21') is a reef, lying six miles and Coast, 
a half from the shore ; it appeared to be connected with the 
rocks that line the coast. 
The following account of SWAN RIVER is taken from 
Captain De Freycinet’s account of Baudin’s voyage (p. 175, 
et seq.) 
The mouth of Swan River is in latitude 32° 4' 31", and 
longitude 113° 26' 28" East of Paris, or (115° 46' 43" East 
of Greenwich.) The channel is obstructed by a bar of rocks, 
which it is very difficult to pass over, and, indeed, impractica- 
ble if the wind blows from the sea. On entering, the passage 
is on the starboard side : it is narrow and shoal, and divided 
into two channels, in each of which there is from five to 
six feet of water; after passing this, there is seven and 
eight feet : the course must then be towards the west, to 
avoid two shoals, which are upon the right bank : after half 
a mile the navigation is free, and in mid-channel the depth is 
not less than seven, eight, and nine feet. The river then 
trends in a northerly direction for seven miles, without any 
sinuosity of consequence. On the eastern bank, are two 
shoals ; the passage is then on the opposite side of the river, 
the depth of which is eight feet: beyond these banks the course 
of the river trends to the eastward towards a low point, upon 
which there is a solitary tree ; an extensive bank fronts this 
point, and the channel continues on the western shore, ten 
feet deep. Flere the river is a mile broad ; it then increases 
its width, and forms spacious bays on either side, that 
were not examined. To the S.E. is an opening, which may 
probably be an arm of the river ; it was called Moreau 
Inlet; it was not examined. Opposite to it is a sharp 
