Page:Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, Volume 2.djvu/410

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twce: 'the ship passed round the western extremity at two miles oil', and found i? ?iag from.'Sand? Ca? to ? N. 2? �one hua?d ?ad seventy-sir miles, and to ? ?e?. i? latitude 21 �', ?d 1o?tude 1?4 �?. �I? e? mE' Co? ?mlt was not seen: it consists of a string of sand-b?ks and ?ks, from 6re ? twenty f?t high, with passers �?. (Hornburgh, Supp. p. 35.) SIR JAM? SAUMAREZ'S SHOAL w?. s?a by M?. Lihou; it i, in latitude 21 �, and 1on?tude 15? 4ff by .chronometer, which w? found co?ect on m?iag S?dy Ca? a day or two af?rwa?s. There is r?on.to suppos? �at m?y other reefs exist to ?e N.W, of this posifi? KENWS REEF, discovered by Mr. Alex?der Keun, M?- ?r of ?e ship Wii?am Shand, on her passa? kom Syd- ney W Batavia, extends in the direction of. N.W.b.N.?N. for ten miles, ?d is composed of sand and ?ks, ?me of which, at the south end, were six or eight feet out of the wa?r: it is six miles broad; lhe centre of the edge (t no?) is in latitude 21 � and longitude '155 �?y chro?me?r ?d lun?): it was found ? ? S. 67 � six miles from Bi? Islet, of Wrack BOOBY and BELLONA SHOALS. In ?e neigh?ur- h? of these wefs, Lieu?nant John Lamb, R.N., Com- mander of the ship Baring, was embarr?sed for ?ree days, in which in?rval he was sounding in ?tween nineveh ?d fogy-five fathoms, ?d frequemly passed shoal parts, u?n which the sea was breaking. ?e limits assi?ed by this officer W the ex?nt of the rocky ?ound, are ?e ?rallels of 20 �? ? 21 � and ?e meridians of 158? 15' and 159 � A s?d? is?t w? ?sO seen by him, su?uud,d by .a ?a of.rooks.? 21 � 8,, a? Vo?. H. ? C