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grow some large gum trees, the other trees are the she Oak which are beautifully clumped as to picturesque effect, but there are hardly sufficient to preserve the necessary moisture of the soil for Cultivation; this hollow terminates in a brackish swamp close to the beach. On the north side of the harbour near its head, is a snug Cove, with from 6 to 4 fathoms. The western point of this Cove has 5 fathoms within a boats length of the rocks; this is the only place in Port Philip where vessels can heave down in perfect security. The materials for building wharfs are also immediately on the spot; from the head of this Cove a Salt Marsh & Creek runs winding along the hollow for two miles and ends in a pond of fresh water. On the same side of the harbour more to the Eastward, is another Cove, with three fathoms water; the land here becomes low & shrubby running off in long stony spits. The bight of the harbour within [P?].V is shoal. The tide rises here
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