ed, none o f us could read. As it could be o f no ufe t o me,
and might be o f confequence to others, I returned it
to the bearer, and difmiiled h im w ith a few prefents; for
w h ich he expreffed his thanks, b y m a k in g feveral low bows
us he retired.
In w a lk in g , next day, along the ihore, I met with a
group o f natives o f both fexes, feated on the grafs, at a
repaft, confifting o f raw fiih, w hich they feemed to eat
w ith as much relifli as we fliould a turbot, ferved up with
the richeft fauce. By the evening w e had completed our
water, and made fuch obfervations as the time and weather
would permit. I have taken notice o f the rapidity
o f the tide without the h a rb o u r ; b u t it was inconfider-
able within. ' It was low water at n oon ; and h igh water
at h a lf paft fix in the evening ; and the water rofe,; upon
a perpendicular, three feet four in c h e s ; but there were
marks o f its fometimes riling a foot higher.
T h ick fogs, and a contrary wind, detained us till the
2d o f J u ly ; w h ich afforded an opportunity o f acquirin
g fome kn owledge o f the country, and o f its inhabitants.
T h e refult o f our obfervations will- be mentioned in
another place. At prefent, I iha ll only defcribe the harbour.
It is called, by the natives, Samganoodha; and is fituated
on the North fide o f Oonalafhka, in the latitude o f 53° S5'i
in the longitude o f 193° 30'; and in the ftrait, or paffage,
that feparates this illand from thofe that lie to the North
o f it, and whofe. pofition before the harbour Ihelters. it
from the winds that blow from that quarter. It runs
in , South b y Weft, about fou r miles, and is about a
4 mile