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 370 APPBNDIX. '" A, ' dirtely withstir -it the dep. is twenty-two htiMms.' M. De Sect. �. Freycinet says, that a ship upon a lee shore in the vicinity 0. Coma. of Point Escarl. may enter this opening with con;dence; she will find a good shelter and excellent anchorage in five and six fathoms fine sand. To enter it, puss in mid-channel, if any tiling, borrowing upon Point Escarpe, and steer for the "Mondr/n d Zrect/on," and pass over the bar without fearing the breakers upon it, which are caused by the sud- den decrease oF depth, from twenty-two to six Fathoms; after this the depth will continue without altering more than erie fathom. The best anchore is to the S.W. oF Cape Ransonnet, for within it the passage is blocked up by shoals, over which a boat connot without diSculty pus. UStCLESS HAILBOVrIL iS SO shoa as to be, according to its name, quite nserviceable; since boats can with diteulty penetrate to the bottom, although its length is twenty*one milest l-Iw.Y FIEYCXNET HAirBOVrIL is twenty-two leef long .in a S.E. direction; and From three to six leagues wide. Its entrance is blocked up by a bar; and, although the depth within is in some parts considerable, it is very doubtful whether ships can enter it. The shores are dif- ficatit to land upon, from the shoals extending is far ofF. On the western side oF this harbour there are several inlets end deep bays, but too shoal to be oi  any service. The eastern shore oF the harbour is foFmed by Plltoq's PENIIq'S'LA, which separates it From HAMZLIN*S HAuBOUU. It is sixteen leagues long and five leagues wide. DAM- I)laR'S BAYj at the north-west end, contains several sandy bays, where boats may almost always !and. It is here that the French had their observatoFy. l?rom the northern point oF the peninsula, "l� des

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