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SAILING DIRF,?TIONS. ?J93 Or New South Wales; his oudine was found to be role- A. rably correct, and my alterations have only been eaused by Beetlon V?LL better opportuni6es, and by the ?rentor detail of' my ope. Jun'-? rotlone. The general feature of the coast has wereely re- R?uteo quirnd correction; the ?rineipal correct;one have been in the �number,, size, and relative bearings of the coral reefs and isisads that front it. In describing this route, the whole of the bearings are magnetic: and the courses are freed from the effect of tide of current, since tbe? are only tomporto?, and often of ?fiing importance o. DIRECTIONS. Having hauled :onnd Breaksea Spit (see Flinders's sheet Ill.) in the evening, it would perhaps be dangerous to steer on through 'the nigh?; after running,' therefore, to the W.N.W. For. five or six let?ues, .bring to until daylight: but,, if the du y.is before you, the conres from the extremity of' the spi? is W.N.W.?W. for about a hundred miles. �o? will then be abon? twenty miles From Cape (?apricoru: on Four way .to which you should pass abou? three miles within J?d y Ellio?'8 !sland? and also within the southernmost is]ct of Bonker's Oroup, by which you will see how the current has effected Four course, and you can act a=coFdingl y: if.it has ze? you w the northward, you may pass on either side of or ?hFough the islands withou? dan?er. Af%er m?king Oepe Capricorn, you. ma F leave i? ut a convenient. distance, ond, directing Four ?ourse abou? H.W.b.N., pass either within or withou? the Peaked and Flat Islands off Port Bowen then, steering for the PeF? 7 Group, pass between the 26 and 3d Northumberland Islands.

  • In followtug then directions. reference should be made to the

d___?er?ption ?f?be n?ast. con?a?n?l in this Appendix, be(ween