374 APPENDIX. A. miles wide. The south-eas?ernmo?t reef that we saw is about Sect. V. three miles long, and lies nearly ten mihes $. 5? �from W. Cesar the islands; it appeared to be covered, but the esa? was breaking high over it- In pa? this part of'the coast, Oaptein Hamelin, who commanded the Nateraliste under' Commodore Baudin's orders, must have steered within the reefss as ti? Oeelvink (Vhunin?'s ship) did. The reef that is l?.id down upou the chart, in latitude 29 � is from Van Keulen, We did not see it. (.See Hotsburgh, vol. i. os.) From Gape lhrney the coast is rather low and sandy; in ?9 � is a reef; and seven miles more to the south is another; they 'lie from dive to seven miles from the shore. In latitude 29 �30', there is a small peaked hillock; and in ?9 � ?0', a small sandy patch upon the land. Between lttitudes 29 � and 29 �, we did not see the ?onst, having passed it in the night. It is hid down from Van Keulen's chart. Hence to Island Point, which ia low and rocky, the shore is lined with reefs, extending off shore for two to four miles. At the back of this, and at about eight m/ie? from the coasts is a rocky range, of three leagues in length, ou wh/ch are Mounts Psion and L?su?ui. To the south of ISLAND POXNT, are two bays fronted by reefs; the southernmost, JUlLIEN BAY, has three or more small islets in it. The coast to the south o? tim buy is sandy. In latitude 30 �, at4 three small rocky lumps, very r?murkably placed; the middle one is in lati* katie 30 � 40": ?ourteen miles to the south of these are two .others, the north easternmost is iu latitude 30 � 50", the? are very conspicuously placed upon a ridge oft)are whim send. Hence the coast winds to the S.S.F.- FOF ei?ty miles as fur as the entrance of 8wan River. The coast is low and
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