April 1828. ST. PAUL S—PORT OTWAY. 169 
the land of Cape Tres Montes is the western head. Further to 
the N.E. stands a lofty and remarkable mountain, marked in 
our chart as ‘ the Dome of Saint Paul’s.’ It is seen above the 
adjacent high land. The height of the Sugar Loaf is 1,836 feet, 
and that of the Dome of Saint Paul’s, 2,284 feet. 
“« During the day we worked up towards the land, eastward 
of Cape Tres Montes, and at night succeeded in anchoring in 
a sandy bay, nine miles from the Cape, where our depth of 
water was twelve fathoms, at the distance of a cable and a half 
off shore. We lay at this anchorage until noon the following 
day, while Lieut. Skyring landed on some low rocks detached 
from the shore, where he was able to take some advantageous 
angles; andon his return we weighed and worked up the gulf, 
between the eastern land of Cape Tres Montes, and high, well 
wooded islands. ‘The shores of the main land, as well as of 
the islands, are bold, and the channel between them has no 
dangers: the land is in all parts luxuriantly wooded. About a 
mile and a half to the northward of the sandy beach which we 
had left, lies another, more extensive; and a mile further, a 
considerable opening in the main land, about half a mile wide, 
presented itself, having at its mouth two small thickly-wooded 
islands, for which we steered, to ascertain whether there was a 
harbour. The water was deep at its mouth, from thirty-eight 
to thirty-four fathoms ; but the comparative lowness of the 
shores at its S.W. end, and the appearance of two sandy 
beaches, induced us to expect a moderate depth within. As we 
advanced, a long white streak was observed on the water, and 
was reported from the mast-head as a shoal; but it was soon 
ascertained to be foam brought down by the tide, and we had 
the satisfaction of anchoring in sixteen fathoms over a sandy 
bottom, in a very excellent port, which we named Port Otway, 
as a tribute of respect to the Commander-in-chief of the South 
American Station, Rear Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway, 
K.C.B.” 
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A deficiency here occurs in Captain Stokes’s journal, which 
the Beagle’s log barely remedies. From the 30th of April to 
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