Page:Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, Volume 2.djvu/272

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APPENDIX. PREVIOUSLY to enMring into the detail of tim following eoast-direetiorm, in which it !rls been attempted, for the ?d;e of a more euy reference, to ?ollect all the nautical informat/on under one ?meral head, it may be proper to premise, that Cqtptain Flinders, in the account of his voy- aSqJ* , lure given two very utefui Chal?em ulm? tim winds and ?her that may be experienced upon the vaxlous coasts ?f this eontinent ? as well as information respecting its general navigation, and psrticuhr sailing?iroctions for the outer pusu? from Port Jaebou through Torres' Strait, ? entering the reefs at Murray's Island. From these dmpters Captain Hotsburgh has arranged, in his valuable work on tlm Hydrogmphy ?. of the Indian Ocean, a set of sailing?Jreetimm, and other naut/oal information% tht wil? be fbuud useful for the navigation of the southern and castera coasts of (his eonthent.

  • Vo!.l. book I. ch. xr., and vol. iL boric 9. ch. XL

+ Hoasnvaen's l,?dlau D/ree?, vol.fl. pp. 40& 51/g

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