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CHAP. V. 



DIRECTIONS FOR SAILING IN AND OUT OF DUSKY BAY, WITH 

 AN ACCOUNT OF THE ADJACENT COUNTRY, ITS PRODUCE, 

 AND INHABITANTS : ASTRONOMICAL AND NAUTICAL OBSERV- 

 ATIONS. 



As there are few places where I have been in New 

 Zealand that afford the necessary refreshments in 

 such plenty as Dusky Bay, a short description of it, 

 and of the adjacent country, may prove of use to 

 some future navigators, as well as acceptable to the 

 curious reader. For although this country be far 

 remote from the present trading part of the world, 

 we can by no means tell what use future ages may 

 make of the discoveries made in the present. The 

 reader of this journal must already know that there 

 are two entrances to this bay. The south entrance 

 is situated on the north side of Cape West, in latitude 

 45 48' south. It is formed by the land of the Cape 

 to the south, and Five Fingers' Point to the north. 

 This point is made remarkable by several pointed 

 rocks lying off it, which when viewed from certain 

 situations, have some resemblance to the five fingers of 

 a man's hand ; from whence it takes its name. The 

 land of this point is still more remarkable by the 

 little similarity it bears to any other of the lands 

 adjacent ; being a narrow peninsula lying north and 

 south, of a moderate and equal height, and all 

 covered w 7 ith wood. 



To sail into the bay by this entrance is by no 

 means difficult, as I know of no danger but what 

 shows itself. The worst that attends it, is the depth 



