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anchored under the North Turtle Isle. Thus ter- 

 minated the examination of this hitherto unexulored 



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part of the coast, which had been the field of many 

 years' speculation. One of the most remarkable 

 points, is the great rise of twenty-eight feet in the 

 tide, which can only be accounted for by the fact of 

 the water being heaped up in the concavity formed 

 by the coast ; on the first part of the bight the direc- 

 tion of the flood was from West, and on the latter 

 from W. N. W. We had found that no river or 

 other interesting feature existed ; and that it was 

 the most dull and uniform portion of the continent 

 we had seen, or that could possibly be imagined. 



While I have no reason to believe that an exami- 

 nation of Breaker Inlet, which, from the numerous 

 sand banks forming the Amphinome Shoals, has 

 probably a considerable outlet, would lead to a dis- 

 covery of any importance, nevertheless, I regret 

 that the heavy surf which breaks across its entrance 

 at this season of the year entirely prevented my 

 exploring it. 



The winds we had experienced on this part of the 

 coast were light, from the eastward, during the night, 

 and moderate from N. N.W. to \V.S. W. towards 

 the latter part of the day, the morning being fre- 

 quently calm. On one or two occasions in the night 

 we had slight squalls from S. E. accompanied by 

 lightning; but, commonly speaking, the weather was 

 very fine, the temperature on board being generally 

 77°, the maximum being 82" and the minimum Id"". 

 On shore it was about five degrees higher. 



