COASTS OP AUSTRALIA, 269 eveuing we made the land, on the south side lslo. of Clareuce Strait, iu zhe, vicinity of �emou's Aug. r?. Islands: this was the last land seeu by us on. leaving the coast in May, 1818. � BetweenGoulbum Islaud and this part, we had a successiou of light baffling winds, with sultry, damp, and hazy weather, which proved very unfavourable for our sick, the number of whom was iucreasiug. Mr.'Bedwell was cou- fiued to his bed, with a serious attack of dyseu- tery, occasioned by exposure to the sun, whilst superiuteuding the shore parties at'Ooulburu Island; and the greater part of the crew were affected with ophthalmia, probably occasioned by ' the excessive glare and reflection of the sun's rays from the calm glassy surface of the sea. At daylight on the 28th, we found ourselves' ?s. near the land to the south-west of VetoOh'S Is- lands, which also were in sight. To the south was a deep opening, trending to the south-east of a river-like appearance; but, as it did not seem to be of sufficient importance to detain us, we passed on the westward. The land hereabouts is low, and thickly wooded to the brink of the deep red-coloured cliffs, that form. the projecting heads of the coast; the wood near the sea had not the ap- pearance of being of large growth; but the
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