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Kemark. For some days past we have invariably had a hght breeze from S 

 S W to S S E, which springs up about 5 o'clock in the moming, and generally 

 ends about 10, though sometimes so late as 11 ; it is tlien calm till one or two 

 in the afternoon, when the sea breeze sets in at S W, or S W b. W, light, and 

 about an hour after it has commenced it generally carries us 3 or 3i knots, 

 gradually gathering strength and drawingroundtoW,and sometimes to WNW ; 

 again hauling round to W S W an hour or more before it falls calm. The 

 time ol' its falling calm appears to depend on the time of the sea breeze setting 

 this breeze generally lasts about !) or 10 hours, but in one or two instances 

 we had it 12 or 14. 



May 30th. At daylight calm, dark, and cloudy ; saw the land, but could 

 not distinguish any particular or known point: current running N N E li knot 

 an hour. At noon still calm ; observed in lat. 5" 2' S. Ion. 12' 15' E extremes 

 •of the land from S EfE to N E | N, about 11 or 12 miles, current the same as 

 at day hght. 



There can be no doubt of the point before described being Indian point, as 

 we are this day to the southward of its situation in every chart ; and have not 

 seen the least appearance of such a bay as that of Loango, between the land we 

 are now abreast of and tiic above point. Horsburgh, in his chart, places Indian 

 point in lat. 5" 0' S, which makes it 2'> miles, Arrowsmith 1 8, and Laurie and 

 Whittle 10 miles all too far to the southward, supposing 4° 35' to be the lati- 

 tude, which I am certain is very near the truth. 



At 3 P. M. the sea breeze came in at W b. S, with which we weighed and 

 made sail, at half past 10 falling httle wind, came to in 11 fathoms, muddy bot- 

 tom, scarcely any current. 



June 1st. At daylight observed we were abreast of a river with a very fine 

 entrance ; a light breeze springing up, we shifted a little off sliore, but fallmg 

 calm, anchored again at !) ; about 1 0, two canoes came along side with S natives 

 in them, one of whom spoke tolerably good English, and said he came to in- 

 form us the Mafouk or governor of Malemba was coming on board ; from the 

 information of these people it appears this river is called Louango Louiza, and 

 not Louiza Louango as in the charts; and on enquiring after the river Ka- 

 congo, they knew nothing of it, declaring there is no other river between Lo- 

 ango Bay and Malemba, than Louango Louiza : when we enquired what river 

 the town of Kinghele was situated on, they called it Chimbele, and said it stood 



