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dt 10, S3 fathoms, same bottom ; at 10.. 30 it fell calm. Came to ii> 33 fathoms, 

 black mud. Found per log a current running N N W, | knot an hour. Va- 

 riation of the compass by amp. 25° 33' W, by azimuth 25° 30'- 



M-iy 2rtli. At ;), a light breeze sprung up at S S W; weighed, and stood S 

 E 3 miles, and had 28 fathoms, S E b. E, 2 miles 24 fathoms, and S E 1 mile 

 21 fathoms, all black mud and shells ; here we observed in lat. 4° 9 S. Ion. 1 !• 

 38' 37" E. Banda point E b. N 8 or 9 miles, extremes of the land from E b. 

 SfS. to Nb.W.- About 6" P. M. the wind drew round toWb.S, a fresh breeze; 

 from noon wc i-an on a S E b. S course, shoaling gradually, with scarcely any 

 variation in the bottom (chiefly ouse.) In running along shore the land is beau- 

 tiful, appearing as if laid out in parks and pleasure grounds ; it is noted in tlie 

 charts as being high ; which is certainly an error, as there has not been any part 

 of it yet seen by us liigher than the Lizard on our own coast. The latitude 

 of Banda point by tliis day's observation is about 4° 4' S, Ion. 1 1° 4(>' 2" E. 

 Arrowsmith in liis chart of this part of the coast, places it in lat. 4. .3 S. Ion. 

 10..52..0, and Laurie and Whittle in 3° 53' S. and 10° 30' E. 



May 2Sth. The breeze of last night continued at W S W till about 6 this 

 morning, when it fell calm, and we came to in 15 fathoms, ouse ; found the 

 current per log N b. W 1^: mile an hour. At 8 a light breeze from the S E, 

 with which we weighed, but falling calm almost immediately, came to again in 

 14 fathoms, ouse ; just before noon weighed again with a light breeze, but 

 finding we lost ground came to du-cctly in 12 fathoms, ouse, where we observed, 

 in lat. 4° 2-1' S, Ion. 12° 1 1' E, extremes of the land from S S E to N b. E cur- 

 rent N b. W 1 1 mile an hour. About 2 P. M. the sea breeze came in mode- 

 rate at W S W; weighed and made sail, but the ship in a most unaccountable 

 manner, w ith all sail set and a good breeze on tlie quarter, refused to come 

 higher than E S E, and lay like a log on the water, while the Congo, whose tow- 

 rope we had cast off, was lying up south about 3 knots ; at 2..30 finding we 

 were driftin<i- bodily in shore with the current, and had decreased our dejith of 

 water from I 2 fathoms ouse, to 9| rocky bottom, let go the stream anchor ; 

 and before we could bring up got into yi rocky bottom. We were about 6' 

 miles from the nearest shore, no point or known headland to set, but right 

 abreast of us were some reddish cliffs ; and a little to the southward of them 

 two holes in the land, apparently of the same quahty as the cliffs ; these holes 

 both in size and shape, are much like the large chalk pit on Portsdomi hi!V 



