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two or three seconds of space. About two miles of the West end of the Island have been washed away since they observed in 1828 and this reduction of the Island, and consequent addition to the Western Bar, is reported to have been in operation at least since 1811, and seems almost certain to continue – a comparison some years hence with the present survey can alone show precisely the amount of waste in any [illegible], the correctness or otherwise of the reported shifting of the bar, and of the opinion that the Island is insensibly becoming narrower &c. All agree that there has been no material change in the East end of the Island within the memory of any one acquainted with it – a circumstance of importance with reference to the selection of a site for a Light House, the utility of which I now proceed to consider.

The Western Bar can be safely approached by the Lead from any
direction