COASTS O{?'AUSTRALI?. ' }09 ? northward is formed of high cliffs without much ,s,s: wood, and of a remarkable white colour. M?y The next morning we passed round Cape Van Diemen; and in the evening anchored off. a t? bular-shaped- hill that formed the south end of a sandy bay. It. was dark. when we' anchored: the next morning we found that we had anchored. iu the mouth of a very considerable river-like opening, the size of which iuspired us with the flattering hope' of having made an important discovery, for as yet we had no idea of the insu- larity of Melville Island. The table-shaped hill, near our anchorage, was 'named LUxmore Head, aud the bay to the north was called St. Asaph's, in compliment to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop? of that diocese. The day being Sunday our intention was, after taking bearings from the summit of Lux-. more Head, to delay our further proceeding until the next morning, but the circumstauce that oc- curred kept us so much on the alert, that it was any thing but a day of rest. Having landed ? the foot of the hill we ascended its summit, but found it so thickly wooded as to deprive us of the view we had anticipated; but, as there were' some openings in the trees through which a' few distaut objects could be distinguished, we .made
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