Aug. 1829. ANCON SIN SALIDA. 261 
al Oueste,’ (west and more west,) returning to the Adelaide in 
the evening. 
The following morning was fine, and the Adelaide moved 
out of Smyth Channel, the survey of which was completed very 
satisfactorily, although their progress was slow, owing to con- 
stant northerly winds. 
By towing the Adelaide during tedious calms, they reached 
Montague Bay in the evening, and next day anchored in 
Relief Harbour, on the S.W. side of Vancouver Island. 
As it was evident that the ‘ Ancon sin salida’ was within 
Piazzi and Ceres Islands, up the west coasts of which they had 
passed, Lieut. Skyring left the schooner moored in Relief 
Harbour, and proceeded, on the 4th August, to the southward, 
in a whale-boat with Mr. Kirke; but he took no more than a 
week’s provisions, that time being all he could devote to this 
exploration. 
The 4th, 5th, and 6th, Lieutenant Skyring employed in 
pulling or sailing to the southward and eastward, through 
winding and intricate passages; although strong winds and 
much heavy rain annoyed him, and impeded his progress. 
On the 7th the weather was much more favourable than it 
had lately been. The boat pulled and sailed to the southward, 
and at noon Lieutenant Skyring ascended a height,* having 
on each side of it a deep opening, but he was disappointed in 
the view; and, after taking bearings, pulled round the adja- 
cent bights, one of which was exactly opposite Artist Bay, in 
Smyth Channel, and so near it that the two waters were only 
separated by a few hundred yards ;+ the other, + eastward of the 
height, was large, and closed at the bottom by very low lands. 
It was directly supposed to be the * Ancon sin Salida;’g but 
Sarmiento’s description, and the chart compiled by Burney, 
* No doubt the Mount Oracion of Sarmiento, p. 144.—P.P.K. 
+ This place is described in Sarmiento’s journal, p. 144.—P.P.K. 
¢ Ensenada de la Oracion of Sarmiento.—P.P.K. 
§ This bay is also described by Sarmiento as an ‘ Ancon sin salida,’ 
p. 143; but it is evidently not the one that bears that name on the chart. 
—P.P.K. 
