SAILING DIRECTIONS. 361 Islands, are several small'rocky islands, particularly on' the A. ?iorth-east side of the former; and at the.distance of three Sect. IV miles, to the north of the centre of Mains Island, is a patch 1?'. We?t of fiat rocks, which.are those seen and noticed by Demeter, Coast. (Dampier, vol iii. p. 81, tab. xv. No. I0), but from his va?ue account, it is not at all certain what island he saw; and, was it not for the peculiarity and remarkable appearance o? Courtenay Head, it might have been any of the others.
- l?nere is good anchorage in all parts about the Archipelago,
particularly within Lewis Island, where the Intercourse Islands will shelter a ship from whatever point the wind may blow. There is no wood of any size to be procured among the islands, which is a great'drawback: upon its utility as a Port. In the rainy season water is doubtless abundant, but must be soon evaporated.' We saw no rivulet or any fresh water, excepting a few gallons that.were :protected-from the heat of the sun by being under :the shade' of a fig, but from the number of natives seen by us, it is probable that there must be a large qiantity not far o?.. The natives of this part use ioge to convey them from and to the islands. A smelt sandy .island, with a. reef extendin K for two miles from its .north-weet end, and one mile and a half from its south-east end, lies oil' the south-west end of Enderby Island, and would serve .as.a good'protection.from the sea in a S.W. wind, for the anchorage on the south side of Enderby Island. The main land is high and rocky bchind.the islands, but at the bottom of. the bay. again assumes a low charac- ter: more to the westward, a range of hills rises abruptly and advances for fourtee? miles in a N.W. direction from the interior, and reaches the shores of the bay, when it ex- 'tends for eleven miles to the westward, and is then termi- nated by a vnitey, or an opening o�one mile and a halfwide,
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