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to anchor tliree or four miles from the shore in 12 fathoms, 

 soft sand ; the land abreast of the ship low, sand}^ and 

 rocky. Though the wind had much abated to-day, still, 

 however, it blew fresh with a considerable swell, and the 

 weather continued damp, w^th dew at night. Thermome- 

 ter at 7^\ Lat. at noon 0*^ 5' N. ; long. 43« 11' E. 



4th, Monday. About midnight the Sylph parted from 

 her anchor, got under weigh early in the morning, and at 

 noon passed the River Dos Fuegos, or the Rogues' River, 

 and Juba ^ Irunjba, a village situated at its mouth, but at 

 too groat a distance to make any particular observations. 

 The coast for a little north of this river to Patta is faced 

 by one continued chain of islands, some of wliich are 

 large and wooded, others very small. These islands are 

 sometimes connectwl by reefs ^ of rocks, over which a large 

 surf beats, and sandbimks surround them. The reefs run 

 through their whole length, frequently extending a consi- 

 derable way out to sea ; in one place, about 20 miles south 

 of Juba, even to 7 or 8 miles, opposite which is a remark- 

 able high insulated rock in-shore, appearing like a K([uaro 

 tower ; here also the reef stretches a long way out — per- 

 haps 5 or G miles. Though there are no soundings close to 

 the edge of this part of the bank, the water was remarked 

 to have a very white colour, resembling tliat often seen at 

 the mouths of largo rivers. The land on this part of the 

 Continent is in general moderately high, and almost 



' Probably from Goba, tl»c moelinq; (scil. of waters), Gobwnn (cor- 

 riiptcd to Govind) mnaiiiiii; the great infctiu;^. Ganaiia is supposed to 

 mean division or bilurcation. Danok is probably a corruption of tlie 

 GuUa Daneslia, a settlement on tlie left bank of the river. I nowhere 

 find my notice of the ' Irunjba * village, and presume tiiat it is a corruj)- 

 1 ion of ' Gobwen.' 



' This reef, bcginnini? at Makdishn, much resombles the great 

 Lraziliun formation, cxtendin:,' from rcrnanibuco southward. 



