SAILING DIRECTIONS. 279 owr with only two and n bnlf fathoms on it when t? summ/t A. of Mount Cook bore $. ? W. (magnetic), ami the ou?r 8? ?a?:me of Point Menkbouse $. 18 �(magnetic.) mile o? sbore the sbee] soundings continued with two und h?lf fathonu until it bore $. 59 �(mo?nefic), when the depth was three, and three and a half fathoms. ENDEAVOUR RIVER. The entrance of this river, in latitude 15 �4", and longitude 145 � 49',*, fo?ns a ?ery good port for small ve?els; and, in a case of distte?, might be useful for large ships, as it proved to out eele, brated nnvigator Captain Cook, who, it is well known, re- !mired bis ship there after having lald twanty-three hours upon a coral reef. The entrenee in formed ou the south side by n steep hill, covered with trees growing to the edge of its roek? dore. T?e north side of the entranee is n low sandy betteit of two milee and a quarter in length: at its north end a range of ]?11s rises abruptly, and extends for six or seven miles, when .it ? suddenly terminates, and is separated from the rocky projection of Cape Bedford by a low plain of sand. Th9 entrance of Endcavour River is defended by a bar,
- , * Tim situation of the ?ba?rvatory at Endcavour !tiver
found by-lnnar distances, taken dnrin[ my vbdta to that plat3 1919 ?nd 18?0, as follows .--- Latitude by meridional aitltnde? of the sun, taken in tim arti?ial horizon, being the mean of twenty*seven olmervations . . . 15 � 4/'. Longitude by twenty-five set of distances (O W. of 1) ), containing one hundred and seventeen sights, with the sextant . . . 144* 5? 1?*. �Longitude by thirty set of distances (? E. of } ), eontaining one hundred and fif?y ?ights, with the sextant . . .14? �Mas. n., of Sfky4sesets ..... 14? iVY #',
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