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thod therefore is, to keep in the offing till about noon, 

 or i'oinething after, when the wind iifually continues 

 to the bottom of the harbour; and then by obferving 

 the abovemcntioned rules, the iliip will fall into her 

 nation without any difficulty. Or you may run into 

 the bay and there come to an anchor, till the day fol- 

 lowing, and then weigh early and go in with the land 

 breeze, here called Concón, as blowing from that 

 point ; and this breeze m.ay be depended on every day 

 at a certain hour, except during the tiir.e of the N. 

 winds, which caufe Tome alteration in it. 



The fafefl: method of mooring il^.ips is lying one 

 anchor on the íliore towards the S.S.W. and another 

 in the channel towards the N. N.\V. The former 

 muft be well fecured, as the refource agair.ft the S. 

 and S.W. winds-, for though they come over the 

 land, they are often fo violent, and the fnore of the 

 harbour lb fio^úng, that the ílñps would otherwile 

 drive. 



As foon as the north windi. fct in, which happens ia 

 the months of April and May, the veffels in the har- 

 bour are expofcd to their whole violence, which alfo 

 caufcs a very high fea. In this exigence, the whole 

 fecurity of the fiiips depends on the anchor and cable 

 towards the N. N. E. it will therefore be very proper to 

 lay another in the fame direction; for if it fhouid give 

 way, it would be impoffible to hinder the (hip from 

 ftriking on the rocks near the ihore. The only favour- 

 able circumtlance here is, that the bottom being very 

 firm, and rifing towards the fbiore, the anchor has good 

 hold; and conftquently the whole depends on the 

 ítrei^ñth of the cable. 



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