Page:Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, Volume 1.djvu/300

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?.?]? SURVEY OF TH? INTERTItQPICAL !s?_?: ?te A?ir? Bli?h, in ?e ?unt ? ?e ?unt?'? July ? yoy?e, ? desc?b? one ?t he saw ? m?* s?ed at S?day Isl?d, ?e pl? we h? j?t ?; it w? ?y-?e feet ?g, ?d wo?d hold twenty men; but from his ?unt it must have ?en of b?k, for he says, "the ? was rode of ?r? pi?s, ?e ?twmen?e, to which the sides ?re ?w? ? ?e ?mmon way'." Th? l?gest ? ?at we have s?n ?d not meas?e. more ? eighth f?t in l?. ?er l?ving ?is ?up, we experien? a ?nsidemble swe? fr? ?e S.E., wMch would indi? ?s pa? of ?e ?t to ? le? ?upi? by ree? ?an it is more ? ?e sou?ward; p? cul?ly ?tw?n Ca? Or?vi?e ?d Ca? Tri-. b?ation, where ?e ou?r or ba?er ? a? nearer to ?e co?t ? in ?y o?er pa?. Our ?urse was held outside of two ?oups of islets, one of which w? ? H?b?'s, ?d the o?er M'?ur's Oroup. At eleven o'?k a l?ger islet w? ?ssed by; at h? p?t tw?ve o'?, we were abreast of Cap? ?k's "Offordness," ?d of Capt? BHgh's "Pud?ng- Pan-Hi? ;" con?nuing our ?se p?el ? ?e ?t, we passed hMfa m?e inside of Cairncross lsland, which is a?ut ?f a ?le in len?; it. has a ?f ext?ding for more ? a mile off ira. ? B?ms's ?o?ag? ?o ? ?o? 8?, p. ?10. o,g,t,zeo by Goodie