OREGON TERRITORY. 



OHO 



that we had time to do, was to make recognizance of the points, and 

 to connect them. For the outline of the shore we are indebted to the 

 Spanish surveys. There is a small harbor within Point Angeles, 

 but its mouth is barred by a sandspit, which does not permit any 

 but a vessel of small draft of water to pass in. The shores of the 

 strait on the south is composed of perpendicular sand-cliffs, which rise 

 gradually into high land, covered with forests of various species of 

 pine. Mount Olympus is conspicuous to the south, rising to the alti- 

 tude of 8138 feet, and is capped with snow. 



The navigation of the strait by night is perfectly safe. The shores 

 are bold ; a vessel would almost strike her spars before her keel could 

 touch. It is better to navigate on the south shore than on the north. 

 The tides are more regular, and may be taken advantage of. They 

 flow in a direction with the course of the strait ; seldom with much 

 velocity until they reach its eastern terminus, where they divide, 

 a part running towards and through the Canal de Arro, and another 

 to the south into Admiralty Inlet. A strong westerly wind on the 

 ebb produces a heavy cross sea. 



NEW DUNGENESS ROADS. 



New Dungeness Roads is the first safe anchorage on the south shore. 

 The point is low and sandy, extending from the high bluff, in the 

 form of a sickle, to the eastward, between 3 and 4 miles. This sand- 

 point forms the protection to New Dungeness Roads on the north- 

 west, and vessels desiring to anchor there, must double around it, 

 from a quarter to half a mile distant, standing into the roads from 

 1. to 2, and 3 miles, and anchor in from 10 to 15 fathoms, 1 to li 

 miles from the shore. Should it be the intention to proceed at 

 once into Admiralty Inlet, stand on for Point Wilson, the high 

 land of which will be visible to the east, on the starboard bow. A 

 direct course may be steered for it, if the wind will permit. But if 

 seeking some of the harbors to the northward through Ringgold's 

 Channel, steer for Watmaugh Head, which lies northeast, which 

 course will lead clear of Blunt's Island. Should night overtake, it 

 would be advisable and is deemed more prudent to seek anchorage 

 in Argus Bay and await daylight, than attempt to pass through Ring- 

 gold's Channel at night, where the tides are strong and set in various 



7.7 



