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 was seen om the deck, and, as we stnod was .it, e narrovly escaped striking on a pa c the shoal that e!ds off Cape I.a:rad. derry: ,our oom'se was then directed towards some brokea lad in the S.W., which proveel to be a group of .islands. with .it consider- ble simaosity in the, oosst behimi thima; the eaatem head of the bay was called Cape Talbot, ai'ter the then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. twen tkis and Cape Lci the eoas ery low, aud defemied by au extensive e  in many prts was dry. During the night we stood off shore, ,red, at daylight, were eight miles. from the islands. At niae o'clock, being calm, we .anchored to the mrt of the group, which was mmd Sir Graham Mom'e's, in compliment to the gallant. admiral rhea hblding a seat at the Admiralty Board.. lxipal island is more elevated than  resi, and has a flat tabular 'summit: it bore, from th anchora, S. 19 � three miles and a hal The se.breeze set in from N.W. with the chug of tide; as soon as the sunrs meridi. onal altitude was obsrt, ed, we got under sail, and steered to the W.S.W.; but were soon after obliged to alter the ourse, to avoid a shoal which.the se was breaking within fifty yards of us.

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