Page:Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, Volume 2.djvu/417

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?gCTION VIIL DIRECTION8 FOR THE PA88?(?E ?iTHI? TIlE ?E? THROUGH ?HRES' A. T?z pas?ge r?mmeuded by Ca?n ?inde? for passing 9?tion VIII. through Tor?* S?it is by earring the r?fs at Mu?y'$ Inner laird; by which rou? a two?ays' pass? w?! car? ?u?. ship ?st all dan?r: bu? as the s? ?tw?n W?k ?d Mu?y's Island Js s?ewed with d?, m?yof whi? have ? discover? since the publi?tion of his and oF which the grea?r numar have only ?en r?tly ?en, it cannot ? ?alled a ?e na?tion. The dan? c?sist of low coral islands, surrounded by extensive upon which in long and dark nights a vessel is in mo- menta? dan?r of ?triking; the result of ?hleh must be the'certain destruction of ?he ?essel, and the pwbable of ?he c?w. The. Inner Route ?s fi?t pursued by Mr. Cripps in ?he bri? Cyclops, ?und f?m Port Jaeks? Bengal,. in 1812. It was subsequently followed by ?eu= tenant C. Jeffreys, R.N., in the command of the hind wssel Kinlamo, on her passa? from Port Jackson ?eylon, in 2815,. ?is o?eer d?w a eha?, wi? atmek of his voya? up ?e eoast; which, e?siderinK the n?s ? his ?ime, 'an? o?er ei?umstan?s ?at p?vent? his obtainin? the n?essa? data to lay down wi? ?um? m intrica? and dan?rous a passa?, d?s him very ?at credit; he filled up the sp?e between ?deavour River and Ca? Direction, which Captain C?k did not ?e; the only ?rt that had previously ?en left a blank u?n ?e

  • Ho?svnn's l?ian DirectS, v?. fl. p.