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black rock lying off it ; aridN. 2G° W., twenty-tv^^o miles distant, is 

 Point Davis (the south-west point of Moreno peninsula), which 

 slopes gradually from Mount Moreno, and has two nipples on its 

 extreme. 



Mount Moreno, formerly called George Hill, is the most conspi- 

 cuous object on this part of the coast ; its summit is 4,060 feet above 

 the level of the sea, sloping gradually on the south side to Point 

 Davis, where it terminates ; and on the north more abruptly towards 

 the barren plain on which it stands. It is of a light brown colour, 

 without the slightest sign of vegetation, and has a deep ravine on its 

 western side. 



Immediately under Mount Moreno is Constitucion Harbour, a 

 small but snug anchorage, formed by the main land on one side and 

 Forsyth Island on the other. Here a vessel might careen and undergo 

 repairs without being exposed to the heavy rolling swell which sets 

 into most of the ports on this coast ; and the landing is excellent : 

 the best anchorage is off a sandy spit at the north-east end of the 

 island, in six fathoms water, muddy bottom ; farther out the hold- 

 ing ground is bad ; it would be advisable to moor ship securely, as 

 the sea-breeze sometimes sets in strong. In running in, the island, 

 or weather side, should not be hugged too close, as a number of 

 sunken rocks lie oft* the low cliffy points — some only being buoyed 

 by kelp. A mid-channel course would be the best, provided the wind 

 allowed of reaching the anchorage before-mentioned : neither wood 

 nor water are to be found in this neighbourhood — therefore provi- 

 sion must be made accordingly. 



N. 8° W., twelve miles from this harbour, is Moreno Head, a 

 steep bluff, the termination of a range of table land, which runs 

 in a line from Mount Moreno ; on the northern side of this head 

 is Herradura Cove, a narrow inlet, running in to the eastward, with- 

 out affording any shelter. 



N. 4° V/., nine miles from this head, lies Low Point, with some 

 sunken rocks lying oft' it, and five miles farther on is Leading 

 Bluff ; this is a very remarkable headland, and with the hill of 

 Mexillones, which lies a few miles south of it, is an excellent 

 guide for the port of Cobija; it is about one thousand feet high, 

 and facing the north is entirely covered with guano, which gives 

 it the appearance of a chalky cliff, lliere is an islet about half 

 a mile to the north-west, attached to the main by a reef of 



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