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 . little before nunset the weather cleared and af, �.'-. forded a good view of the ld, which to the 8.E. is composed principally of is!*_.ds, but o numerous that the main land could not be dis- tinmished beyrod them; a point, aRorwards ealled Point Hall, round wMch the land trended to the southward, bore  the anohorage 8. 19 � The direction of the tides, the tiood seui 8.8.E., ad the ebb N.N.W. and N.W., induced me to suppose that the opening to the eastward of the bay we were at anchor in, wMch was called Camden, in compliment to the noble 'MarqUess, was not only connected with Rogers' 8trait, but was also the outlet' of another cmsi. derable river or bay. At the anchora the ttood did not run at a greater rate than a mile and a half an hour, but it ebbed two miles, and fell thirty.seven feet, wMch is the greatest rise and fall we had yet found; it is probable, from the intricate nature of the coast, that these high tides are common to all this neighbourhood. l. At five o'clock,' on the morning of the 16th er a fine night, the wind sprung up from the E.S.E. and blew fresh; but misty weather immediately ater sunrise enveloped us, and clouded our view. The breeze was too fresh for us to 'continue at

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