is the beft anchoring-place, but it is neceffary to give it Augult.
birth, as the ground near it is ihoaly. When we were at
anchor in this bay, Swallow Point bore E. by N. and Han-
way’s Point W. N. W. From this Point there runs a reef, on
which the fea breaks very high : the outer part of this reef
bore N. W. by W. and an ifland which has the appearance o f
a volcano, was juft over the breakers. Soon after we had
pafled Hanway's Point, we faw a fmall village, which Hands-
upon the beach, and is furrounded by cocoa-nut trees. It is
fituated in a bay between Hanway’s Point and another, to
which I gave the name of How’s Point. The diftance from
Hanway’s Point to How’s Point is between four and five-
miles: clofe to the fhore there is about thirty fathom of
water, but in crofting the bay at the diftanoe of about two
miles, we had no bottom. Having paired How’s Point, we
opened- another bay, or harbour, which had the appearance
o f a deep lagoon, and which we called Carlisle Harbour.
Over-againft the entrance of Carlifte Harbour, and north o f
the coaft, we found a fmall ifland, which w e called Portland’s
Island. On the weft fide of this ifland there is a reef
of rocks that runs to the main, the paflage into the harbour
therefore is on the eaft fide of it, and runs in and out E. N. E.
and W. S. W .? it is about two cables’ length wide, and has
about eight fathom water. I believe the harbour within it
to be good, but a Ihip-would be obliged to warp both in and
out, and would after all be in danger o f an attack by the
natives, who are bold even to temerity, and have a perfe-
verance which is not common amongundifciplined favages.
When the Ihip was a mile from the Ihore, we had no ground
with fifty fathom. About four or five miles weft from Portland’s
Ifland, is a fine, fmall, round * harbour, juft big
enough to receive three Ihips, which we called Btron's
Harbour. When we were a-breaft of the entrance of it, it
bore