Page:Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, Volume 1.djvu/156

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98 SUIIVEY OF ? INTEnTI?O1HCAL Isis. ?remti? ? ex?e, b? we ?d fo? very ?l?; s?ine exitions of ?s?ve?g some?g of mu? g?r im?rt?ce at ?e .?t?m of ?e bay, ?d we were natu?y a?ous ? r?ch it ? ?n ? possible. On ?ns? ?e ch? of t?s p? ? ?e wast, it ap?ar? ?at ?e ?d w ?e ?stw?d of?is ?cho?e, is ? is?us fo? or five ?es in br?, septting ?e ?y of wa?r from ?e ?tWm of Mountnerds Bay. ?e ?sula thus fomed w? hon?r? by the ap?on of Co- ?urg, ?er His Roy? Highness Prin? ?pold. ?dng ?e day large smok? were obse? on ?e sou? ho?n, ?out ?y ap?? of ?d n?r ?. May ?. ? o? way out we ?or? ?der one of Sir ?rge Hope's Isl?ds, which, on ?e ?- sion ? our l?dMg u?n it fl?e next mo?, (lst ?y,) was ? May-day Isl?d: it is a?ut two ?les long, ?d n?rly ?e sine ?s- ? ?r?s; i? fo?ation ap? ? ?ve ?n o?ly ? s?d ?t h? ?,muM? u?n a r?ky b?is, ?d h? ?u?y ?o? in? ? M?d; it h ?y cove? wi? a fore? of dw? ?s ?d ?penetmble bmsh-w?. Some ?em ?p?ssions of a h? f?t on ?e s?d be?w h?h-water mark we? s?u, ? sev? o? ?e-p?, ?d one or two of mo? ?t