Page:Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, Volume 2.djvu/291

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266 A. distinct isl?ds, ai?d pethaps ns many more, for We Were not 8act. If. wi?in tweJve miles ? them. On the pr?cip?i ?. ?t LINN? P?AK, ? la?mde ? 4? 3? ?, ? 1oa?t? ?t. 1?; it ? seven or eight hund?d f?t high. b on n ]?r Isl?d than ?y to ? ?u?d; it hundred ?d one feet high. ?e gr? e? islands; it is sedated ?om ?e next ? the no?w? by n ?an?l five mi? wide. In the ? ? ?N?T ?LAND, a re?kable rock, ris?g ab?tly sea to the height ff elev? hundr? a? ?'? feet. ?e ?rthern ?oup ff the Cum?land ls? are high? ?d apter to be bet?r fu?shed with wo?, ? than ?e southern ?oups, partieul?ly ? the? we?m ?s. ?e principal ?ak,'in !atitade 2? lff lff' ?d Io? 148 ? SS ?, is fi?ea hundr? ?d elghty-?r f?t high, aud aitua?d on ?e l?gest island, which is ten miles long, from three ? nine broad: it h? s?er? bays on eider ?d off i? ?outh-eastem end are four small isl?ds yond ?em is a ran? of r?ky iale?. ?e isl?d o( ?is f?ge is the ex?emi? ? ?e Is?ds, as well as ?e uo?-e? ?k ? ?P?sage: it fo?s a high, bluff?nt, ? la? longitude 148 �3?, ?d is of bold a?m?h: on w?s?m side of ?e isl?d are ?me low isle?. REPUTE ?AY is a d?p ?gM; i? shor? �e hills rise to a went ?ight. ?e ox?ity w? not dis?et?y traced, but it h pro.re, ?n ?ni? i? that a fresh-?r rivulet may ? found; and ?re may be a communication wi? ?mbe Bay.