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 had gnawed holes in almost every water-cak that remained full; so ti we were not certain for a moment. c our stk of hat art/�le, 'c whi. we had no haaoe of procuring  supply on . dreary coast. The �olbving mornin w weighed, and stood s out of Port Keats. Oh attempting to steer cloe round Cape Hay, we were obliged to desist, and. to pass round a reef that extended from it in a N.W. direction, t6 the distance of four leagues, At sunset no land was in sight, but at eiffht o'clock the next morning (9th) the north end of 9 the above reef bore E.S.E., and the land about Cape Hay S.S.E. The Barthelemy Hills were also seen from  mast-head, aud reported as "islands ;" this mistake of ours, therefore, tends still more to excuse the error of the French charts. During the day we had light winds, and the coast was but indistinctly seen. The sea Was cvered with a brown scum, which Captain Cook's sailors called" sea saw-dut," from its' resemblance to that substance*. Very few fish were noticed, but they were generally more nu. merous nearer to the shore. At midnight the land was seen, from N.E, 1o S.E., and at day- o. light it was visible between Point Pearce, bear. verges a## 7'er .t#gre.s, vol. ii, chap. o,g,t,zeo by Goodie
 * HAWKSSWORTH, vol. ill p. JI6. Psl0s,

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