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It was intended to have continued the description of the coast of New South wales, as far as the representation of it is given in the three charts; but circumstances' having now rendered this inconvenient, that small part of the east coast only is spoken of, which appears necessary to a ship passing through Bass's Strait.
Cape Howe is a low point of rocks and sand, but hills rise immediately at its back. A good observation taken about two leagues from it, gave for its latitude 37° 30' south.