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very probable that they have been coUefted together by ^ ^jj^ ^• 

 impetuous torrents of rain, though this feems not to have ' — -7— » 

 happened very lately, as they are univerfally covered with a January. 



1 • J r 1 • r ^ Thurfdays. 



kind or white mols. 



In the courfe of our walk we met with a number of 

 fea lions on the beach, feveral of which were killed for 

 the fake of their fat or blubber to make oil for our lamps, 

 and various other purpofes : by the time they were got into 

 the boat the day was far fpent, which occalioned us to 

 repair on board. 



During the afternoon we had frefli gales from the 

 Northward with frequent fqualls, but at night the wind 

 fhifted to South Weft, and the weather grew moderate. 



Early in the morning of the 6th I went in the whale- F'i<3ay 6. 

 boat, in order to look for a convenient watering-place on 

 the Wefl fide the harbour, not being well fatisfied with 

 any I had hitherto feen, and likewife to found the bay to 

 the Southward. Captain Dixon alfo went in his boat 

 upon. the fame fervice, taking the Northern fliore. 



We carried foundings from twelve to ten fathom water, 

 over a fandy bottom, until we got within a quarter of a 

 mile of the fhore ; the water then fhoaled to five and fix 

 fathom, with a bottom of rocks. Round the point of 

 land to the Southward we had ftill a rocky bottom with fix 

 and i^yr^w fathom water. 



After proceeding to the Weftward for about two miles, 

 we met with a fandy bar that runs quite acrofs, and forms 

 a bay within the other : .fmall veffels might go over this 



bar 



