SAILING DIRECTIONS. 
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mile, by which you will avoid reef a. When you are 
abreast of its north end, steer N.b.W. westerly for twenty- 
eight miles ; this will carry you to Cape Bedford, which 
you may round at from one to three or four miles. You 
will see in your way, at three miles and a half from the 
north end of the Hope Reef, reef b ; and at fifteen miles 
from it you will be abreast of e ; and five miles farther 
on you will pass Captain Cook’s Turtle Reef, which has a 
dry sand at its north end. These three reefs will be to the 
eastward of your course. 
The current sets to the N.W., so that your course must be 
directed accordingly. In coasting along the shore, you will 
discern the summits which are marked on the chart. The 
high conical hill, on the south side of the entrance of En- 
deavour River, is Mount Cook, bearings of which, crossed 
with the summit of Cape Bedford, or any of the particular- 
ized summits or points will give the vessel’s place, by which 
the effects of the current, which is generally very slight, 
will be perceived : on one occasion we found a current in 
the space between the Endeavour Reef and Turtle Reef, of 
two miles an hour to the N.W. 
Being off Cape Bedford, and steering to the N.-JW., you 
will see the Three Isles a-head : steer between them and the 
low wooded island ; and direct your course round Cape 
Flattery and Point Lookout, to anchor under the Turtle 
Group, unless you have time before dark to reach the 
islands 4, 5, or 6, of Howick’s Group, under which an- 
chorage may be found. In rounding Point Lookout, do 
not come within two miles and a half of it, to avoid a reef 
that is on Captain Cook’s chart, but which we did not see ; 
it lies a mile and a half north from the peaked hill at the 
extremity of the point. You may pass without the Turtle 
Group, or you will find anchorage under Lizard Island, 
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Section 
VIIL 
Inner 
Route. 
