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 ism,. to a dstmt point; the intervening (ast being S,p s. o mederate hdght, and thickly wooded to the brink of a range of dark .red cli, two miles in length, rising imodiately from the beach; .upon which eight natives and a child were ob. served watching our movements. Our course was held paredid with the shore, at about three miles distance. At ramset we tacked off for the night; and the muth extreme,' tt dark, bore $.b.W.W. The sea, hereabout, abounds with fish of va- rious sorts, upon which several sharks were feed- ing most rapaciously. From midnight to day- break, the weather was fine, with scarcely a breath of wind; aierwards a light land breeze set in; which, at noon, was succeeded by the usual sea breeze from the west. 4. At noon the next day, our latitude was' 13 �, 41" S. At five o'clock we passed a point (Cape Doebey), off which there is a reef of rocks of cir- cular shape, and of small extent: to the south- ward of it.the coast forms a bay, lined with man- groves, in which there is a small opening; but the breeze was then too fresh to allow of our venturing into it, to examine it more dosely. At eight o'clock we anchored off a projecting point, which appeared to form the eastern head of a

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