A. rectJon, which has a peak near its extremity, close off which Se?, If. are two small rocks, but the depth at a mile and a half o? is East tblrteecn fathoms. The peak is in latitude 12 � 55", and' Coast.* �10n?tude 143 � 10 ?'*. x; the position of this reef was not precisely ascertained; it appeared to be about two miles to the lq. lq.W. of the ex- tremity of the cape. y and z are two covered reefs, of not more than a mile ?n extent; they are separated from each other by a channel a mile wide: y is four miles and a half N. 51 �from Cape Direction. a and b are also covered reefs; the former is a mile and a quarter in length; the latter extends for two miles in an east direction, and is a mile broad: a bears nearly east, nine �miles, from a peaked hill on the shore, and is live miles to the south of Cape Weymouth. LLOYD'S BAY was not examined; it appeared to have a considerable opening at its south-west end, where the land was very low; the hilly country to the south of Cape Direc- tion also ceases, and there is a considerable space of low land between them and the south end of Cape Weymouth range. CAPE WEYMOUTH is an elevated point, sloping off from a high summit; its extreme is in latitude 12 � 15", and longitude 143 � 35". R?STOaaTXOS ISLaSD, Off .the cape, is high, and of conical shape; about a mile E.S.E. from it is a small rocky islet. The coast then ex- �Shoal water extends for about six miles round the north side of Cape Directlon.mRoe 1?15.
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