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on the bank of a little river called Bele, which is situated to the southward of 
Cabenda. If their account is correct, which there is no reason to doubt, a river is 
laid down in the charts that does not exist, a corroborative proof of which is, 
that in our run between Loango bay and where we now are, not the least ap- 
pearance of one was seen: and the natives assure us there is not another till 
you come to the southward of Cabenda. 
At noon observed in 5° 17'S. lon. 12°10' 15" FE, south point of the river 
Louango Louiza E b. NN, 7 or 8 miles, which makes this pomt in 5° 12'S, 
120 15’ 33" E, current running N b. Wi mile an hour. About 2 the sea breeze 
setin at Wb. S, with which we weighed, and at 10. 30 falling little wind, came 
to in 11 fathoms, current running N N Wi mile an hour: in running along 
shore the natives pointed out to us the point of Malemba ; it is a bluff cliff not 
easily distinguished, being considerably lower than the land at the back of it, 
which is but moderately high, and may be easily known, by its being full of 
red cliffs, like chalk pits. 
June 2nd. At daylight, light airs from the southward with light rain and 
haze ; at 8, went in-shore with two boats tofindout a bank, which Grandpré states 
to lie between Malemba and Cabenda, close on the north side of Cabenda bay ; 
two of the natives, who said they knew the bank, went with me ;_ one of whom 
said he was on board Maxwell’s ship when she grounded on it; I went mto 54 
fathoms, which was about 24 or 3 miles from Cabenda poimt, which depth was 
sufficient to disprove Grandpre’s assertion that “ After you have 7 fathoms, 
you will be on shore before you get another cast.” I found the water to shoal 
gradually, and 7 fathoms was at least one mile outside of me. After weighing 
we stood Wb. N 2 miles, then S b. E 3 miles, when we had 14 fathoms, from 
this we ran S b. W 3 miles, and had 13 fathoms, 3 miles further on the same 
course 12 fathoms, 24 miles further 10 fathoms, and 2 miles farther 7 fathoms, 
where, at 5..40, we anchored, with Red point south 9 or 10 miles, Cabenda 
hook N Eb. FE % E, about 3 miles off shore. current running N b. W 12 mile 
an hour. I now went in the gig to sound, and found the water to shoal gra- 
dually all the way to the shore, at about 1 mile distant from which had 3 fa- 
thoms: by the time I got in shore, had no other light than that afforded by the 
moon (which had just completed the fivst quarter), which enabled me to see 
some heavy breakers to the southward, I accordingly rowed towards them, and 
found a dangerous reef running off shore to the westward, about 2 of a mile 
