494 APPENDIX. No. VII. 
To the southward of these pits, there is a deep bay, the southern point of 
which is low at the extremity but rises gradually to moderately high land. © 
The above reef is certainly very alarming, the water shoaling very rapidly 
and the current setting right over 11 due north 24 miles an hour; the rocks of 
which it is composed are soft, the lead always bringing up pieces sticking to it : 
it is probable this may be what is called in the charts Kilongo reef; if so, it is 
Jaid down much to the northward of its real situation. 
Atabout half past 3 the breeze freshening wemade all sail, hove in as much of 
the slack cable at we could, but having ron overtheanchor, and the cable becom- 
ing taught, cut it, leaving the anchor and about 3 of the stream cable behind. 
The bay before mentioned agrees precisely with the description of Loango 
Bay, as given by Grandpré, a French navigator ; and also in one of Laurie and 
Whittle’s charts ; but the latitude differs so widely, as to make us doubt the re- 
ality of its being that bay. At 6 P.M. we had the point bearing E'S E, con- 
sequently nearly on its parallel, at which time our latitude could not be more 
than 4° 33'S, and Indian point, the south point of Loango Bay in Arrow- 
smith’s chart, lies in latitude 4° 53’ and in Laurie and Whittle’s 4° 45’ S, so that 
the latitudes assigned to it in the above charts must be extremely erroneous. 
At about 8 P.M. the sea breeze backed round to west, and at half past 11 
it fell calm, when we came to with the kedge anchor in 22 fathoms, soft muddy 
bottom. Found the current per log. torun N N W 13 knot an hour. 
May 29th. At daylight saw the land to a great extent. Observed the point 
spoken of yesterday to bear a great resemblance to the Bill of Portland length- 
ened, which by Laurie and Whittle’s chart appears to be the case with the south 
point of Loango Bay, or Indian Point. At 10 a light breeze sprang up at S E, 
which, on our weighing died away, we therefore anchored again, and at noon 
observed in lat, 4° 44'S. lon. 12° 14' E, Indian pomt N 68 E, 10 miles, which 
would make its lat. 4°37’ S, extremes of the land from N b E. to SE! E, cur- 
rent runnmg N b. W 1; mile an hour. 
By the mean of yesterday and this day's observation Indian point lies in 4..35 S. 
At half past one P. M. the sea breeze set in at W b. S. Made all sail; found 
the ship slacked the cable. Up anchor, and steering a south course 4} knots, we 
gradually deepened our water to 25 fathoms, and thenshoaled again to 23 fathoms, 
ouse, when we anchored at half past 9, being quite calm. During these last 24 
hours the water has had a deep tinge, like blood and water mixed, 
