Page:Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, Volume 1.djvu/134

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�heautifu! luachet-shapo-leafed aa?z/a in.. full hieera.. was ver? conspicuous. The other treem. were prin.- 'of .sm?11 si?. (hi the, we?t s?e ?f the. is? wp, s ? d? gully, and a couve.nielat..l?di.'ng,p{?., Oe?.r to which. a bottle .F4s. deposited, con �a p?r?. hment record of .our visit, and of the names bei{towed upon the bays ? islmnds hereabout. Thr. ee natives were observed walk{ot the. s?u?dy beach,. at the bottom qf the b?y they passed. on without t0king the least n.o.tic9. of our presence, We leR the anchorage on the 13th, and crossed the bottom of the bay within C0peland? then steering up the west side we p?s?d large opening, tlVndiug to the N.W, Here we were detained for some time., by gr 'ounding upon {? 8and bank. But by keeping the sails .full, the vessel dragged over it, and we res,umed our ceurse to the northward, oJolmg the west mide of Mountnorris Bay; and, at s .ullset, anchored between it and Darch's Island, which protected us from both the wind and swell, during a very squally. n. ight. Darch's Island, ?. named alter my esteemed friend, T]ciomas I)arch, esq., of the tk{mira}ty, is, like Videutia. ?land, very .thickly wooded. Its eastern side is a co?tiuqed bl?