CF LA PEROUSE. 



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could afcend for upwards of a kilometer from 

 its mouth at low water, and twice as far at the 

 top of the flood. 



The thermometer obfervcd on board did not 

 rife higher than 24", no doubt on account of 

 the heavy rains. 



The barometer varied only from 28 inches 

 I line to 28 inches i-i lines. 



The variation of the niagnetic needle was 

 1 14' ead. 



The winds were pretty faint, and varied only 

 from fouth fouth-eaft to fouth-weil. 



On the 2Sth of Auguft we failed from Way- 

 giou, tl'ie north coaft of which we follou-cd, 

 flanding to the wellward in order to double its 

 weftern point. There we met v.irh a fnca!, 

 which is not laid down in the charrs ; on rhis 

 flioal our foundincjs varied from 'ic/c^r to c'^rlit 

 fathom:i in a fpacc of about fix hundi-ed ir.ercrs, 

 which we were under the nccefiity of croHing. 

 Vv e remarked here and there fomc poiius of 

 rocks which rofe almoft to the furface of the 

 water ; but \vc had the good fortune to avoid 

 fhem. The greatefl extent of this flioal is 

 about two kilometers from north to foutb. 



On the 4th of September we anchored in the 

 re. id of iJouro, at the dillance of two kilometers 

 to iho north north-eaft half eaftof the Dutch 

 '::b;ni ;">':; in twenty fathoms water over a bot- 



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