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of water, which is too great to admit of anchorage, 

 except in the coves and harbours, and very near the 

 shores ; and even, in many places, this last cannot 

 be done. The anchoring-places are, however, nu- 

 merous enough, and equally safe and commodious. 

 Pickersgill Harbour, where we lay, is not inferior to 

 any other bay, for two or three ships ; it is situated 

 on the south shore abreast of the west end of Indian 

 Island ; which island may be known from the others 

 by its greater proximity to that shore. There is a 

 passage into the harbour on both sides of the isle, 

 which lies before it. The most room is on the upper 

 or east side, having regard to a sunken rock near 

 the main, abreast this end of the isle. Keep the isle 

 close aboard, and you will not only avoid the rock, 

 but keep in anchoring ground. The next place, on 

 this side, is Cascade Cove ; where there is room for 

 a fleet of ships, and also a passage in on either side 

 of the isle which lies in the entrance ; taking care 

 to avoid a sunken rock which lies near the S. E. 

 shore, a little above the isle. This rock, as well as 

 the one in Pickersgill Harbour, may be seen at half 

 ebb. 



It must be needless to enumerate all the anchoring- 

 places in this capacious bay ; one or two, on each 

 side, will be quite sufficient. Those who want to be 

 acquainted with more, need only consult the annexed 

 chart - y which they may depend upon as being with- 

 out any material error. To such as put into this 

 bay, and are afterwards bound to the south, I would 

 recommend Facile Harbour. To sail into this har- 

 bour, keep the inside of the land of Five Fingers' 

 Point aboard, until you are the length of the isles, 

 which lie abreast the middle of that land. Haul 

 round the north point of these isles, and you will 

 have the harbour before you bearing east. But the 

 chart will be a sufficient guide, not only to sail into 

 this, but into all the other anchoring places, as well 

 as to sail quite through, from the south to the north 



