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weighed with the flood, which here came from 1824. 

 the north eastward, and ran south-west about Aug^ust. 

 ten miles, when, at eight P.M., we anchored 

 in twelve fathoms, at four miles from the 

 shore. 



The night was fine, and at four A.M. on 

 the 28th, with the wind from the northward, 

 and a heavy short sea, apparently caused by a 

 weather tide, we weighed, and continued to 

 run south-west along the low beach, until 

 eleven A.M., when being off a low point, at 

 eight miles from our last anchorage, we saw a 

 shoal running about five miles to seaward, 

 from N.N.E. to s.s.w. Keeping an oflling, we 

 rounded this, and then found the land, which 

 was still low, to trend from behind the point, 

 W.S.W., which I take to be " Carey's Swan's 

 Nest" of Button. Several store-houses, and 

 two winter -huts, were seen on the beach, 

 but no natives appeared. The soundings, at 

 about eight miles from tbe shore, were rather 

 irregular, but never above twenty, or lower 

 than ten fathoms. The sea was much agi- 

 tated, a great quantity of tangle weed float- 

 ing about. Having stood in for the shore, a 

 strong tide assisted us until evening, when 

 having ran west south-west about twenty miles 

 since noon, we anchored, with the wind from 



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