These two bays are all that ships ride in, which recruit on this island; but the middle bay is by much the best.

Behind the Mount, which rises with remarkable abruptness from the low land in its rear, are two prominent hills; the highest of which, Mount Abbott, has a peaked summit; the irregular and mountainous appearance of the range upon which this Mount stands, and a very evident break in the hills on its western side, would lead one to suspect the existence of a river, of which the bay on the western side of the Mount may be the mouth.

The bay is almost a lake.

From north to south this outer bay was at least six leagues in length, while its breadth could not much have fallen short of four.

It contains within its capacious bosom several fine and safe inlets, among which Simon's Bay is the most important, for there is the naval arsenal and dépôt: but the proximity of the metropolis, and its more convenient bay, distant only twenty-one miles, diverts the whole of the trade from this excellent and perfectly land-locked harbor.

Then the bay was a full length ahead and that sharp shout of triumph burst now from the Blenheim people.

PALM BAY, on its western side, is an excellent anchorage in the easterly monsoon; it is four miles and a half wide, and nearly three deep.

REPULSE BAY is a deep bight: its shores are low, but the hills rise to a great height.

Diver's Bay,and a score of people,and a thought that smelt like brimstone, and fiery enough to burn through the soul that tried to keep it,this for him;fishing,making bargains,visiting at Old Briton's,making presents to the dame,telling stories, singing songs by that fireside, and growing quieter by every other,that was the way he did it;cured himself of jealousy?

" XIV CUTTING THE APRON-STRINGS The usual hardy pleasure-seekers that gather at the foot of Shore Lane whenever the bay becomes a field of ice and a field of sport as well were there to see the old men arrive, and as they stepped out of the carriage there came forward from among the group gathered about the fire on the beach the editor of the "Shoreville Herald.

This bay was the true cul-de-sac, having no other outlet or inlet than the narrow pass just mentioned; though it was very large, was dotted with islands, and reached quite to the vicinity of Loam Island, or within a mile, or two, of the Reef.

And, as the bay is alwaies fresh and greene, So shall my loue as fresh to thee be seene.

The bay is a vast sheet nearly thirty miles in length, with a width exceeding twenty miles.

The little bay is a favourite resort for artists; they, at least, know how to appreciate its beauties.

The two bays on the opposite, or north-east shore, are shoal, and not fit for any vessel drawing more than six or seven feet; and the shores are so lined with mangroves, as in most parts to defy all attempts at landing.

Hobson's Bay, as every one knows, is the inlet of the sea into which the little river runs on which Melbourne is built.

"Between Monte Video and Buenos Ayres are many bays: False Bay, Brightman Bay, and Union Bay are the principal.

BOTANY BAY, an inlet in New South Wales, 5 m. S. of Sydney; discovered by Captain Cook in 1770; so called, by Sir Joseph Banks, from the variety and beauty of its flora; was once an English convict settlement.

The first bay in St. Lucia is Gros islet; and there is the Gros islet itselfPigeon Rock, as the English call itbehind which Rodney's fleet lay waiting at anchor, while he himself sat on the top of the rock, day after day, spy- glass in hand, watching for the signals from his frigates that the French fleet was on the move.

The bay is a wonderful sight.

The sea extends up the Delaware River to Trenton, and Chesapeake Bay with its many arms is the drowned valleys of the Susquehanna and its former tributaries.

There are fourteen on my map; and the Bay of Antongil, up in the north-east, is the largest" MR.

Nipe Bay and its near neighbor, Banes Bay, are the centres of what is now the greatest industrial activity of any part of the island.

Blenheim was a bay and Cressy was a sorrel, and when they began to turn the curve in the distance Robert saw that bay and sorrel were still neck and neck.

SHOAL BAY is the next harbour to the northward: the following description of it is from Captain Flinders (Flinders' Terra Australis, Introduction, cxcv.)