It is sixteen leagues long and five leagues wide.

DAMPIER'S BAY, at the north-west end, contains several sandy bays, where boats may almost always land.

It is here that the French had their observatory.
From the northern point of the peninsula, Pointe des Hauts-Fonds, the reefs extend for three leagues to the North and North-North-West.

They were then supposed to extend to the North-East.
The French only examined the western shores of Hamelin Harbour.

The opposite coast was seen only at a distance, and the shoalness of the water prevented their boats from approaching it.