Page:Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, Volume 2.djvu/106

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COASTS 0?' AUS'r?LIA. 8,? now agai",t us, ?d, ?g with ?e? s?e?, ,?m. ?ve ? n? ? ? ?at ?ont ?e is?s x?. ? ? no?wa? of Is?d 40; ?e wind w?, however, s?enfiy strong ? e?ble us ? 8?r ? d?er? sit?fion we fo?d our?v? in, but ?n ?rw? it fe? ? a li?t ?, ?d we w?e ?i? by ?e ?de rapi?y ?w?s ?e ?w ?y ex?e?ty of ?e isle, w? we were ?ly ?o? u?n, when a b?ze sud- de?y spm? up ?n fr? ?e S.E., ? e? ? us ? clear ?s ?ng d?er. We were now ?ng ? ?e S.b.E. through a wide ?, ?? in ?wmn ?y ? sixty ?ms, ? bo? H? ?e eyeing ?n ? ?v?c? ?d ?e wi? favo?le, we ?d have mn ?rough, ?d ? our ? ? ?d?g eider ??e or ? o?n sea; ?d .?ou? ?is world ?y ?ve be? ?ng a ?eat ?sk, yet it w? of veu litfie ?ue? in what ? of ?e a?? we ?nt ?e ?ght, ? ?e s? which we .might ?,ider to ?e most d?wus, m?ht ?ssibly ? ?e l?t so. We had, ?wever, no ?oi?; we were ?de?ly at ?e mer? of ?e tide, ?d ? only W.aw?t ?fienfiy i? ebbing, to ?i?.us ?t as it ?.us in. ?By our ?c?fi?s, ?gh-water shodd ?ve ? pl? at a q?r pa?'four o'd?; eve?