KÊklllï fathoms.- To the- North of the harbour ii. . . . ™ thFe; la*n*d*,"fofe
Auguft. T"towards the fea, leaving bays between them of con-
■ fiderable■ extent, in a N. W dirieéïion. W e bad baffling
winds and calms under the high land',- which, was-
- bold and rocky ; and we1 qould. ^oT reaph .böttqpï
with all our line.
At 8h. we were-abrCaff o f, the f high tablenmun-
tain bearing Weft,, when our reReemed rdatitndö^was^
39^ f extretnes frorn North to-South 53°, off
fliore four or five miles. At day-hght.yep.had thé
land bearing from N. 30° W. to S. 42° W ; ;©ur diftance.
two or three leagues Trom the ihore. We.cqjatinïied
our courfe ; arid by 20 hi we opened a deep Tnletjdthe
points in one bearing S. 75° W- four pniles,: .at the fame
time, the eaft entrance of Port; Nambu,; N. 3 YW..twso
or three leagues. - A .boat came off . from-the inlet,
and ftrongly prefled us to go'into Nambu. . Towards
noon the wind died away, and we. remained five.oi'
fix miles from the land : the inlet bearing Siv430 W . ;
low point of Port Nambu, N. 87° W . 6'; extremes,
from N.28°W. to S. 22® W. | Öur Japanefe friends
not luceeeding in perfuading us to go into Nambu,
foon after returned to the iniet.
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The;curpenfe:fetti^g^tor.the if^thward, iwe.preferved c h a p .
nearly the fame.fiituation. The inlet .South of Nambu <—v-—
took, a',SL-W, direction,, and to,.appearan.ee, afforded Auguit
good Ihelter. The S.*E. , point of entrance ,is yery sth*
high bold l a nd th e fummit covered ..with trees, and
is remarkable by being much more elevatedgthan the
coaft tQ.’thc fouthward. Some yocks Jay off the N, W.
point, which.forms a projecting hummocky The fore-
jioq^was calm, and mild weather ; but tQ^puy furprife
Av^-faw no-fifhing boats, nor junks making their coaft-
ingypyages, as we had before frequently obferved to
the fouthward. Point of Nambu harbour, S. 84® W.
four orj.fiye miles; Inlet, S. 38® W. ninp miles; extremes,
from, N. 32®, W. tq S. 24" W. We frequently
tried unfuccefsfully for foundings.
Calms and ilight.airs Ml.continued, attended with 6A.
fome rain in the morning.
I The entrance to Port Nambu was well open, bearing
S, 59° W.; and the inlet, S. 28° W., off the former
three leagues.
At noon the inlet, S. 31® W . ; and Nambu entrance,
S> 6$° W. feven or eight miles. Muftered the people,
and read the articles of war.
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