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'"9- the anchors. There is a watering-place at the head of the 

 harbour. 



The plan will likewife point out the fhoal that is to be 

 avoided, lying off the Eaflern harbour, as well as the fpit 

 within the entrance, flretching from the South Well more ; 

 and over which there is only three fathoms water. In or- 

 der to fleer clear of the latter, a fmall ifland, or perhaps it 

 may rather be called a large detached rock, lying on the 

 Weft fhore of the entrance, is to be fhut in with the land to 

 the South of it j and, to fleer clear of the former, the Three 

 Needle Rocks, which lie on the Eafl fhore of the entrance 

 near the light-houfe head, are to be kept open with the 

 head-lands (or bluff-heads) that rife to the Northward of the 

 firfl fmall bay, or bending, obfervable on the Eafl fide of 

 the entrance. When arrived to the North of the North 

 head-land of the Eaflern harbour, the fhoal is pad. 



In failing into the harbour of St. Peter and Sr. Paul, and 

 approaching the village, it is necefTary to keep in clofe to 

 the Eaflern fhore, in order to avoid a fpit, which runs from 

 the head-land to the South Weft of the town. 



Before I proceed to give a table of the refult of our agrono- 

 mical obfervations at this place.it may be proper to acquaint 

 the Reader, that the time-keeper we had on board the Refolu- 

 tion, which was an exact copy of that invented by Mr. Har- 

 rifon, and executed by Mr. Kendal, flopped on the 27th of 

 April, a few days before we firfl came into Awatfka Bay. 

 It had been always kept with the mofl fcrupulous care dur- 

 5 the voyage, having never been trufled for a moment 

 into any other hands than thofc of Captain Cook and mine. 

 No accident could, therefore, have happened to it, to which 

 we could attribute its flopping; nor could it have arifen 

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