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 ' 10 9UB, V{�' 01 'l'f INTERTROPICAL mm. information as to the trend of the land round . Feb, ,4. the point, which still appeared to extend 'to the southwant; they had not been able:to land, biit 'had ecountered much danger .from' the small size of the boat, which shipped a great de51 of �water, so that-by ths time it arrived they Were 'completely drenched with the. Spray of the sea. ',They had Only observed our signals for a few �minutes before their arrival; for th flashes of
 * the guns and the lights of the port-fires were so

. confused with lightning and the fires of the 'ti,es on the shore, that they could not be dis- tinguished from each other. Soon after they arrived on beard,-heavy rain cne, and fell during the greater part of the night. 15. The ensuing day the weather was still squally and unsettled. In the sitemoon the launch aud another boat were sent in search of our lost anchor, but returned at night without success; . for the tide was so strong that the buoy did not wat. 'The next morning it was again intendizi to resume the search, but the weather clouded in, and threatened to be so bad that all further �attempts were abandoned. This succession of bad weather, and our having 'only one anchor lett, made me feel the necessity �of leaving this part, and giving up for the present the examination of this interesting pbc; ;azi

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