﻿278 CLAPPERTON ISLAND. August, 



by an archway, standing in front of some bold 

 limestone cliffs ; soon after noon we were opposite 

 to a point distinguished by a remarkable rounded 

 hummock ; and in the evening we encamped on 

 one of Burrow's Islands. This island is composed 

 of cherty limestone, which in decaying acquires a 

 honeycombed surface as hard as a flint or file. 

 Rain fell in the night for the first time for many 

 days. 



A fair wind having sprung up in the night, we 

 embarked an hour before midnight, and on the 

 morning of the 15th stood down the bay, with 

 light breezes and hazy weather; landing at 10 a.m. 

 on Clapperton Island to prepare breakfast. The 

 coast in this quarter is similar in character to 

 that on the opposite side of the peninsula in the 

 same parallel, being low and not easily approach- 

 able on account of the extensive sandy banks 

 which lie off it. Clapperton Island, itself, is 

 gravelly. From it, we saw land round the bottom 

 of the bay, with some intervals apparently inlets. 



On re-embarking, we steered directly for Cape 

 Lyon, distant about ten miles; but a low thick fog 

 coming on, we got involved in a stream of drift-ice, 

 on which the course was altered a little, so as to 

 fetch within the cape. We made our way through 

 the ice without damage to the boats, and in the 

 afternoon found ourselves about four miles from 



