�17�RVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL ]s?. have been the snmmlt of Moresbyes Flat-topped J,-'?s. Range*. The soundings of the .coast upon our track between Roanest-Island and the Abmlhos have been generally of a gravelly nature, mixed some- thnes with shelly sand, and were generally coarser as we approached the shore. In some parts? particularly near Cape Naturaliste and Rottnest Island, the bottom appeared. to-be a bed of small water-worn quartzose pebbles not larger than a pin's head. Off Moresby's Flat- topped Range the bottom is of a soft dark-gray- coloured sand of a very fine quality, that would. afford good anchorage, was it not for the con- stant swell that pervades this stormy coast; the water was, however, much smoother than in other parts, which might have been occasioned either. by the Abrolhos bank's bre?kiug the sea, or from the temporary cessation of the .wind, for. it was comparatively light to what it had been since our leaving Rottnest Island. A large patch of bare sand terminates the sandy shores of this coast, in latitude ? 55'. A steep cliff then commences and extends for ei?t
- So M. de Freyclnet also ?iaks, for ?
Ionne? n'o?ent usurer que nous ayonl vu le? Abrolho?; d'&utr?, et je sub de ce hombre, peu?ent que ce que nou, avons prls pour groupe i'lles ?t une portion du Continent:'?Fa=?c?,,?, p. 1?0.
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