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230 thoms and a half, with a muddy bottom. As it was probable that, in cae the wind hould become favourable, we might proceed on our coure before night; none of us went on hore.

On the 27th, about eight o'clock in the morning, we weighed anchor. The current oon et againt us, and obliged us to cat anchor at the depth of twelve fathoms and a half, in a bottom of and mixed with mud. We were then in 43° 4′ S. lat. 145° 17′ E. long.

At the ditance of two thouand five hundred toies to north-eat, the farthet end of the trait through which we were to pas, was viible.

A fire at a mall ditance from the hore appried us of the natives being near. We oon after oberved one of them walking along the hore.

Two boats were ent out to tranport ome of our men to both hores of the traits. They dicovered a number of the avages landing from a raft on the eat hore. As timid as thoe we had een before, they had hatened with all poible peed to the land, where they made their ecape into the woods, leaving behind them everal darts of a very clumy contruction.

I went on hore at the place where the avages had diappeared, and found everal pieces of very beautiful hard granite, rounded by the water.

We found four rafts, made of the bark of trees, on