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should be made, and run in on. this wiU be about a league to the
southward of the point; and, if the longitude cannot be trusted.
Point Ornelius, being the most remarkable land, and easily seen
from that paraUel, should be searched for in passing. It Hes
W. 28° N., fourteen miles from Point Islay—is about two hundred
feet high—has the appearance of a fort, with two tier of
guns, and is perfectly white ; the adjacent coast to the west is dark,
and forms a bay ; and on the east are low black cliffs ; with ashes on
the top extending half-way up the hills. If the weather be clear,
the valley of Quilca may be seen, which is the first green spot west
of Tambo. Ornelius, however, must be searched for, and when
abreast of it Point Islay wiU he seen, topping to the eastward, as two
islands off a gradual declining point, the sharp hill before-named
in the near range, wiU also be seen, if favourable weather; and shortly
after the town will appear like black spots, in strong relief against
the white ground, when a course may be shaped for the anchorage
under the white islets, as before. Landing at I s i a t is farfrom good ;
a sort of mole, composed of a few planks, with a swinging ladder
attached to it, enables you generally, with a little management, to
get on shore in safety ; but often at the fuU of the moon vessels are
detained three days or more, without being able to land or take in
cargo. Fresh provisions may be had on reasonable terms; but neither
wood nor water can be depended on. There are no fortifications of
any description.
The coast between Islay and Point Cornejo is an irregular black cUff,
from fifty to two hundred feet high, bounded by scattered rocks to
the distance of a cable's length; about two leagues from Islay is a
cove, called MoUendito, the residence of a few fishermen: there
is a similar cove a little to the eastward of Point Cornejo. Westward
of that point the coast retires and forms a shallow hay, in
which are three smaU coves—Aranta, La Gnata, and Noratos ; and
W. 36° N., thirteen miles distant, is the vaUey and river of Quilca,
off which vessels occasionally anchor, under the Seal Rock lying to
the south-east of Quilca Pomt. This anchorage is much exposed;
but landing is good in the cove westward of the valley. "Watering is
sometimes attempted, byfilUng at the river and rafting off, but must
always be attended with much difficulty and danger. The vaUey is
about three-quarters of a mile in width, and differing from the others,
which are level, runs down the side of a hiU; and from the rcgum
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larity of the cliffs by which it is bounded, has the appearance of a
W at the distance of six leagues, is the valley of Cam ana ;
the coast bet^veen is nearly straight, with alternate s a n d y beach
and low broken cliff, the termination of the barren hdls
above. Camana is from two to three miles broad, near the sea - ^ d
apparently well cultivated : the viUage is situated about a mde from
t h H e a . but is scarcely perceptible, being small, and surrounded
the eastward, a remarkable cUf,
a fort wffl be seen near the sea ; this is an exceUent ^ d e 11 the
y becomes open. There is anchorage in ten or twelve fathoms,
muddy bottom, due south about a mde . but landmg would be dan-
' T i 8 ° N . , twenty-three miles, is the the valley of Ocona, the
next remarkable place; it is smaller and less conspicuous than the
W r but sima'ar in other respects. An islet lies at rts southern
extreme, and several rocks near the extreme of the chff. on its
1°N , fourteen mUes, is a projecting bluff point called P.scanoRBs,
it has a cove on its east side surrounded by islets ; and off the
- point at the distance of three quarters of a mUe m a southerly direc
L n , Ues a rock barely covered: to the westward of the pomt . a ^ ^
but no anchorage ; the coast then runs m nearly a ^ ^
you reach Poikt Atico, a rugged point, wrth a number of irregular
broken hillocks on it. barely connected with the coast by a sandy
isthmus. At a distance it appears like an island, the isthmus not
beino- visible far off: there is tolerable anchorage in nmeteen or
twenty fathoms on its west side, and exceUent landing m a snug cove
at the inner extreme of the point. By keeping a cable s length off
shore no danger need be feared m runnmg mto this roadstead. The
valley of the same name lies a league and a half to the eastward,
where are about tHrty houses, scattered among the trees, that grow
to the height of some twenty feet. From this point the co^t continues
its westerly direction (low and broken chff, with hills mimediately
above) until you reach Point Capa. where a bay commences
that runs as far as Point Chala; in it there are several coves, but
none that could be serviceable to shipping.
Point Chala bears from Point Atico W. 20° N. and distant sixteen
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