220 aird's hill. 



sea, made us rather anxious for the safety of our 

 boats. As soon as it cleared off sufficiently to see 

 around us, we stood to the northward, and in the 

 afternoon saw a hill, named by Captain Black- 

 wood Aird's Hill, bearing from us about N.N.E., 

 and the flat land between us and it apparently 

 turning round and stretching to the eastward. We 

 anchored a little south of the latitude of 8°, with 

 Aird's Hill bearing about N. by E. from us, in a 

 depth varying from about three to four fathoms, 

 according to the state of the tide. 



