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is no channel between the northern and middle islet, as it is blocked 

 by breakers : a vessel may anchor about half a mile from any part of 

 the beach in from six to eight fathoms, sandy bottom. The landing 

 is not good, the best is on the rocks near the entrance ; but nothing 

 could be embarked from there : the east end of the beach is the best 

 for that purpose. From the land to the northward, running so far 

 westward, it is not likely that a heavy sea would be caused by a 

 northerly gale. 



Temblador is a small cove in the east side of Tortoralillo, but 

 the landing there is worse than on the other beach, and it is not so 

 well sheltered. 



About three miles to the northward of Tortoralillo, there is the 

 small island of Chungunga ; it is about a mile from the shore, and 

 is a good mark for knowing the port : there is a rocky point a-breast 

 of it ; a little in-shore of which there is a remarkable saddle hill, 

 with a nipple in the middle, which, to a person coming from the 

 southward, appears as the extreme of the high range, that runs 

 thence to the eastward of Tortoralillo, and is from two to three 

 thousand feet high. 



A little to the northward of Point Chungunga, there is a large 

 white sand-patch, which is seen distinctly from the westward ; it is 

 at the south end of the Choros beach, which runs for seven or eight 

 miles to the north-west, to Point Choros ; a heavy surf always breaks 

 upon it. 



Off Point Choros there are three islands, the inner one is low 

 and nearly joins the shore ; nothing but a boat can pass inside it. 

 About a mile to the westward of this island, there is another small 

 island ; between them the channel is clear of danger. To the south- 

 west of this island about a mile, is the largest of the Choros islands ; 

 it is about a mile long, the top is very much broken, and at the 

 south-west end it very much resembles a castle : there is a small 

 pyramid olF the south end, and rocks break about a quarter of a mile 

 from the shore. The channel between the two outer islands is clear 

 of danger ; but about half a mile to the westward of the small island, 

 there is a rock nearly awash. Five miles to the south-east of the 

 southern Choros Island, there is a very dangerous reef of rocks 

 only a little above the water. 



Point Carrisal is a low rocky point, about five miles to the north- 

 ward of Point Choros, with a remarkable round hummock ; to the 



