>792- pafs s. 48 w. diftant 2 miles: a dry fund bank n . 81 w. half a mile
... ------) diftant; the' inner breakers on the fame fide n. 34 e. at the like diftance;
the outer breakers on the fouthern fide s. 32 w. diftant 2 miles ; and
the inner breakers on that fide, Nt 65 E.; -thefe form the channel within
the bar: there is alfo a breaker -on the. bar about a quarter of a mile -
from the s. w . point of the northernmoft ledge of breakers, which bore
s. 50 W:
On the morning of the 20th the wind blowing a ftrong gale from the
N.E., prevented the Chip moving; but whilft the flood tide laftéd, the
boats were profitably employed in the further examination" of the channel.
The obferved latitude was found to be 46° 58'■ §.
Fair weather.attended the n. e. gale, whichxontinüed until the next
morning, when the wind veered to the -S. E .; the Daedalus then flood,
into the harbour, and was moored about noon in 4 fathoms water, off
the north point of entrance.
This is a rounding point, bearing, by compafs from n. 34 w . to
N. 68 w ., the former diftant half a mile; the fouth point of entrance
bore s. '20 w . and the intermediate fpace was fhut in from the fea by the
reefs. This anchorage was found to be a very fnug and fafe fituation, and
it was a fortunate retreat, as a hard gale of wind fet in from the’ s. e ,
with a great deal of rain, which continued until the next morning, when
Mr. Whidbey began his examination of the harbour:. It feemed to. be of
no great extent, as the land appeared to be clofely connefted on every
lido: the operation however proved to be very tedious, in confequence
of the very, bad weather, and the difficulty of approaching, the feveral
. parts of the fhore on which it was neceffary to land. This furyey was
not finifhed fo far as the boats could proceed, until the morning of the
26th. The north point of entrance, named by Mr. Whidbey after.
* Now rear Captain * Brown, is fituated in latitude 47°, longitude 236° 7'; the v a ,
riation of the .compafs 18? eafterly.. From hence its fouthern point o f
entrance, which obtained the name o f P o in t H an son after Lieutenant
Hanfon who commanded the Dtedalus, lies. k. id e„ diftant about 2
miles and a quarter from the former ; the breakers of the northern fide
of the channel ftretch firft s. 33 w. for half a league, and then s. 72 w ,
two
two miles and three quarters further, where they terminate on that fide. '79-
Thofe on the fouthern fide extend firft N. 49 w . for a mile, and then
s.,61 w . 2 miles and three quarters further, where thefe alfo terminate.
From thefe terminations, of the reefs, the bar ftretches aerofs from point
to point, on which at high neap tides there is only twenty feet water ;
having on it the breaker before noticed, contraHing the width of the
paflage, which can only be confidered to lie between it and the fouthern
reef. After palling the bar the channel appeared to be uninterrupted,
the northern fide being the deepeft, with regular foundings from 4 to
14 fathoms ; the latter depth was found in thenarroweft part, not more
than half a mile wide, between the two firft mentioned projecting points
o f the reef, from the points of the harbour. Thence in the line of
mid-channel the depth decreafes to 6 fathoms between the points of the
harbour,,’and to 4 and 3 fathoms towards the fouthern fide, which is
the fhallowed:; it however increafes to 10 and decreafes again to 6 and
3 fathoms near point Brown: this is the boldeft fhore, and affords a
fpace of near two. miles in extent to the N. e. eaft and s. e . of it, where
may be found good and feeure anchorage; with regular foundings from
10 to 4 fathoms ; to the north is excellent anchorage alfo in 4 to. 6 fathom
water, though this is more confined by the fhoals. From .point
Brown, to a point up the harbour, lying from it N. 65 e . at the diftance
of 4 miles and a quarter, which obtained the name of P o in t N ew after
the mafter o f the ftore fhip, the northern fhore forms a deep Bay, falling
back near a league and a half from the line of the two points: This
Bay is occupied by fhoals and overfals commencing about a mile to the
north of point Brown, ftretching nearly in an eaftern direction, and
pafling, about a mile to the fouthward of point New, up to the navigable,
extent o f the harbour, which terminates , in an eaftern direction-
about 2 leagues from point Brown, though the fhore on each fide retires,
about half a league further back ; but the intermediate fpace, confuting
of a fhallow flat, prevented the head of the harbour from being approached,
where was the appearance of a fmall riyulet. From this ftation.
the fhoals on its fouthern fide take a direction nearly s. 73 w., until they
reach within about 1 mile and three quarters of point Brown, lying from.
V o l . II. M that