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chap. Saturday, 2d Sept. Working along-shore. Noon 



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Narrative 

 of the 



calm and fine. Sent the boat on shore to get a sup- 

 ply of better water. Found all the pools near the 

 Barge. beach very brackish ; from which we concluded that 

 the recent westerly gales had thrown the surf so high 

 that it became mingled with the water of the lakes, 

 and we determined to have recourse to the first run- 

 ning stream we should come to. About two the 

 wind again came from the southward, and at four 

 we had every prospect of a gale from that quarter. 

 It therefore became necessary to carry a heavy press 

 of sail all night to obtain an anchorage as near Cape 

 Lisburn as possible, so that in the event of the wind 

 shifting to the westward we might be able to get 

 out of the bay. 



On Sunday, as had been anticipated, it blew a 

 strong gale, but the boat made good weather of it 

 until eight p. m., when the bowsprit broke, and 

 obliged us to anchor : Cape Lisburn W.N.W. six 

 leagues. Strong gales, with heavy gusts of wind off 

 the land continued until four p.m., at which time 

 the weather being more moderate, we weighed under 

 close-reefed sails, and stood towards the cape, Mr. 

 Elson wishing to be near an entrance to a lake which 

 was situated a mile or two east of Cape Lisburn, in 

 which he thought the boat might find shelter, should 

 it blow hard from the westward. On arriving at 

 this spot, we found, to our surprise, that the entrance 

 which Mr. Elson had sounded and examined in the 

 barge's little boat was quite filled up, and that there 

 was not the slightest appearance of there ever having 

 been one. In the evening the wind became light 

 and variable. Anchored — the cape W.S.W. four 

 miles. 



