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on the bank of a little river called Bele, whidi is situated to the southward of 

 Cabenda. If their account is correct, which there is no reason to doubt, a river is 

 laid down in the charts that does not exist, a corroborative proof of which is, 

 that in our run between Loango bay and where we now are, not the least ap- 

 pearance of one was seen : and tlie natives assure us there is not another till 

 you come to the southward of Cabenda. 



At noon observed in 5° 17' S. Ion. 12»]0' 15" E, south point of the river 

 Louango Loiiiza E b. N f N, 7 or 8 miles, which makes this point in 5" 1 2' S, 

 12" 15' 33 "E, current running N b. Wj mile an hour. About 2 the sea breeze 

 set in at W b. S, witii which we weighed, and at 1 0. 30 falUng little wind, came 

 to in 1 1 fathoms, current running N N W| mile an hour : in running along 

 shore the natives pointed out to us the point of Malemba ; it is a bluff cliff not 

 easily distinguislied, being considerably lower than the land at the back of it, 

 which is but moderately high, and may be easily kno^vn, by its being fuU of 

 red cliffs, like chalk pits. 



June 2nd. At daylight, light airs from the southward wth light rain and 

 haze ; at 8, went in-sliore with two boats tofindout a bank, which Grandpre states 

 to lie between Malemba and Cabenda, close on the north side of Cabenda bay ; 

 two of the natives, wlio said they knew the bank, ^^•ent with me ; one of whom 

 said he was on board Maxwell's ship when she grounded on it ; I went into 5^- 

 fathoms, which was about 24 or 3 miles from Cabenda point, which depth was 

 sufficient to disprove Grandpre's assertion that " After you liave 7 fathoms, 

 you will be on shore before you get another cast." I found the water to shoal 

 gradually, and 7 fathoms was at least one mile outside of me. After weighing 

 we stood Wb. N 2 miles, then S b. E 3 miles, when we had 14 fathoms, from 

 this we ranSb. W 3 miles, and had 13 fathoms, 3 miles further on the same 

 course 12 fathoms, 2^ miles further 10 fathoms, and 2 miles farther 7 fathoms, 

 where, at 5. .40, we anchored, with Red point south !» or 10 miles, Cabenda 

 hook N E b. E i E, about 3 miles off shore current running N b. W 1 1 mile 

 an hour. I now went in the gig to sound, and found the water to shoal gra- 

 dually all the way to the shore, at about i mile distant from wliich had 3 fa- 

 thoms: by the time I got in shore, had no other light than that af}i)rded by the 

 moon (which had just completed the first quarter), which enabled me to see 

 some heavy breakers to the southward, I accordingly rowed towards them, and 

 found a dangerous reef running off shore to the westward, about | of a mile 



