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166 broiled hell-fih, which had evidently erved for food to the natives.

25th. As we had hardly any wind, we weighed anchor a few hours before day-light, in order to be towed into the harbour. As the calm continued, this proved the mot expeditious method, and we were oon brought into our anchoring place. We ranged at a mall ditance from a rock ituated about the middle of the entrance, leaving it to our left. Our oundings indicated a depth of 2½ to 3½ fathoms; in other parts of the ame trait it was from 4½ to 11½.

About eight o'clock, we cat anchor in a depth of three fathoms, 350 toies from the entrace of the harbour, to which we gave the name of Port Dentrecateaux. The nearet hore was at the ditance of about 250 toies to the eatward.

It is difficult to expres the enations we felt, at finding ourelves at length heltered in this olitary harbour at the extremity of the globe, after having been o long driven to and fro in the ocean by the violence of the torms.

The boats afterwards towed in the Eperance, which cat anchor about one o'clock in the afternoon, at a ditance of 150 toies outhward of the Recherche. At firt we had attempted to approach nearer to the hore without taking the oundings accurately; but we oon found our- elves