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muddy swamp in the middle, the islands being covered with 

 reedy grass. By the natives they are named Monpanga, 

 or look-out. They Avere covered with fishing eagles, terns, 

 white herons, and other beach birds, of which several were 

 shot, and Dr. Smith collected no fewer than thirty new 

 species of plants. Our bearings at anchor were, Avest end 

 of Tall Tree island nearly shut in with the north shore, west, 

 and the entrance of Maxwell's river, N.E. 



At noon we had a light breeze from W. S. W. ; weighed 

 and ran along the edge of the shoals in one and two fathoms; 

 at four, a fresh breeze; and being past the low reedy 

 islands and shoals, we ran along the bank of the mangrove 

 land, nearly touching the trees in 3 or 4 fathoms until 7 

 o'clock, when the darkness obliged us to anchor in 2 fathoms. 



July 23. At daylight, we found that we had anchored 

 within 20 yards of a dry shoal; being also close to the 

 island named Draper's island by Maxwell, and Zoonga 

 Kampenzey or Monkey island by the natives ; bearings as 

 entered in yesterday's journal (by mistake). The land, for 

 about 3 miles west of the entrance of Maxwell's river, is 

 thickly covered with palms intermixed with the mangrove, 

 and other trees ; and here a great quantity of palm wine is 

 made for the Embomma market. Hordes of Negroes came 

 down to the bank as we passed, and learning that we had 



