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to the westward. The southerly swell rolls into the mouth of the 

 port, but on the south shore it is smooth, and the landing pretty 

 good : there is a dangerous breaker about a quarter of a mile to the 

 south-west of the south extreme point, which only shows when 

 there is much swell. The best anchorage is about half way up the 

 cove, near the south shore, in five fathoms : near the head it is very 

 flat. We found a cargo of copper ore ready to be shipped here, but 

 no vessel had ever been in the port : there is no water within two 

 miles, and there it is very bad indeed. The name of Pajonal was 

 told to us by a young man who was getting the ore down, but he 

 appeared to know scarcely anything of the coast, and there were no 

 inhabitants near the place. 



About a mile and a half to the northward of the island before 

 mentioned, there is another point, with an island and several rocks 

 off it; both the islands may be passed within half a mile, but there ^ 

 is no passage inside them. To the northward of the northernmost 

 island, the coast runs to the eastward, forming a large and deep bay, 

 which at a distance looks very inviting; but before we were within 

 a mile of the depth of it, we were in three fathoms, with rocks all 

 round us, some above and others a little below water. From the 

 bay being well sheltered from the southward, they do not show till 

 close to, except two patches which are off the north point, and are 

 always uncovered. A mile to the northward of these rocks there is 

 another bay, which is quite clear of danger ; and in the south corner 

 of it, a small cove, there is good anchorage in seven fathoms, 

 well sheltered from southerly winds, but very open to northerly. 

 The water is perfectly smooth with a southerly wind, and no swell 

 could ever reach it unless it blew from the northward. There is a 

 small bay, half a mile to the northward of this, where a vessel may 

 anchor, but it is not so well sheltered ; there were no signs of inha- 

 bitants, nor the least appearances of water in the valleys. The land 

 at the back of the bay is low, but to the northward of the north 

 bay it rises to a ridge of sand hills, running east and west, and ter- 

 minating in a steep rocky point, with a cluster of steep rocky islets 

 off it. To the northward of this point the coast is rocky and 

 broken, with rocks a short distance from the shore for about four 

 miles, where there is a rugged point with a very high, sharp-topped 

 hill a little in-shore, which from the southward shews a double 

 peak ; directly to the northward of this point, there is a deep rocky 



