152 CRUISE OF THE BARRERA 



good bottom for the anchor. Although a bad 

 place in a norther, the chances of one are prac- 

 tically nil so late in the season. 



At last we had arrived. In the failing light we 

 distinguished limestone rock ashore — at one point 

 quite clearly discernible. We would therefore 

 make the Ensenada de Cajon our headquarters 

 and use the launch and auxiliary to reach all other 

 points of interest, to visit the light, and to explore 

 the shores. The Patron warned us, however, that 

 this was a veritable graveyard of ships and the 

 place where all bad weather was manufactured. 



We turned in early, eager for the morning to 

 come and end our laborious inaction. 



