380 ORONTES REEF. 



Smith S. 55" E. : and from the eastern the same 

 points bear S. dO'' W. and S. 48"' E. 



The least depth on the Orontes reef is about a 

 fathom, but the generally discoloured state of the 

 water, renders it impossible to determine its exact 

 position, and thus greatly increases the injury done 

 by its presence to the mouth of the harbour. The 

 same difficulty prevents the end of the reef fronting 

 Point Smith from being made out. After rounding 

 the latter, we hauled to the wind, S. W. by S. up 

 Port Essington. 



