f$6 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



Variation of the magnetic needle. The time of 

 high water in the harbour on the days of the new 

 and full moon. We leave Port D' Entrecafieaux 

 in order to pafs through the Jlrait of the fame 

 name. Several fires. Natives feen on ilte 

 leach. One of them fets fire to the bufhes in 

 fever al places. We anchor in a very extenfive 

 bay, at the entrance of U Entrecafieaux s Strait. 

 Excurfion to the neighbouring country. Na- 

 tives furprifed clofe by the Utile fires where they 

 were -preparing their food. The fir ait difcovered 

 by our boats, called D 'Entrecafieaux 's Strait.- 

 We anchor in different parts of the channel. Ex- 

 cur fions into the country fiiuated along its Jhores. 

 A few ruitives crofs it in a catamaran. Various 

 meetings with the favages. Departure fnom 

 T>' Entrecafieaux s Strait. 



JL ORT D'Entrecafteaux, which is fituated at 

 the head of Storm Bay, is a bafin of a nearly 

 oval form, which extends about a demi-myria- 

 meter towards the north-north-cniT, and the 

 gnatcft breadth of which is about a kilometer 

 and a half. The large forefts by which we were 

 iurrounded on all tides, and the mountains at 

 no great di fiance, which fheltercd more than 

 of the circumfercncFof this harbour, added 

 ft ill to the fecurity of the anchorage. The 

 mod tempeftuous weather did not prevent our 



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