lslwds from the ma? !?!: it h seventy-Gve ?iles ? f?m seventh ? ?iK?ve wide. ?e n?west ? 8?t. HI. is at ?ut i? ?n? ?een Ca? Gainbier ?d Ca? d?, and in th? ?p?e is a ?roup o? four low ?y ? ? m?v? ?emon's lsl?), ?m which ?de?!e r?fs ex?nd ?s ei? s?o?. ?e best chann? ia probably on ?e no?em side, n? Ca? Gambler? whi? is in latitude 11 �0" ? ap? ? ? ? wide ?d safe ? on ?e ?e; but the neigh?urh?' of V?'s Is? is r?ky. ?e fl?-?de ? to ?e eastwa? ? ?e ?lf. MELVILLE ISLAND is of eonsideruble size, and forms the western side of Van Diemen's Gulf; its greatest length from Cape Van Diemen to Cape Keith being seventy-two miles, and its greatest breadth thirty-eight miles; its eir- eumferenee is two hundred miles. We did not land on any part of it, excepting in the en- trune? of Apsley Strait, at Luxmoore.Head, (latitude 11 �ongitude 130 � from which w? were driven by the natives. It appeared fertile and more elevated than the coast to the mmtwnul, and to possess several good hatbouts, particularly Apsley Strait, besides several bays on its north coast; and from the appearance of the land on its east side, and the extent and abrupt shape of ?e hills, it. is probable that there may be a port there also. Bl?mrro? BAY is the mouth of a small inlet, which may probably prove to be a fresh-water stream; and the bottom of LaTnB?DG? BAY appeared likely to ybld one sdso. The hills and eout ?re wooded to the brink of the ? and sandy beo?hes th? vtry the northern shores of Melville lshnd. The mo?t unproductive part ?ppeared to be the n?rrow
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