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should be made, and run in on, this will be about a league to the 

 southward of the point ; and, if the longitude cannot be trusted. 

 Point Ornelius, being the most remarkable land, and easily seen 

 from that parallel, should be searched for in passing. It lies 

 W. 28° N., fourteen miles from Point Islay — ^is about two hun- 

 dred feet high — has the appearance of a fort, with two tier of 

 guns, and is perfectly white ; the adjacent coast to the west is dark, 

 and forms a bay ; and on the east are low black clilFs ; with ashes on 

 the top extending half-way up the hills. If the weather be clear, 

 the valley of Quilca may be seen, which is the first green spot west 

 of Tambo. Ornelius, however, must be searched for, and when 

 abreast of it Point Islay will be seen, topping to the eastward, as two 

 islands off a gradual declining point, the sharp hill before-named 

 in the near range, will also be seen, if favourable weather ; and shortly 

 after the town will appear like black spots, in strong relief against 

 the white ground, when a course may be shaped for the anchorage 

 under the white islets, as before. Landing at Islay is far from good ; 

 a sort of mole, composed of a few planks, with a swinging ladder 

 attached to it, enables you generally, with a little management, to 

 get on shore in safety ; but often at the full of the moon vessels are 

 detained three days or more, without being able to land or take in 

 cargo. Fresh provisions may be had on reasonable terms ; but neither 

 wood nor water can be depended on. There are no fortifications of 

 any description. 



The coast between Islay and Point Cornejo is an irregular black cliff, 

 from fifty to two hundred feet high, bounded by scattered rocks to 

 the distance of a cable's length ; about two leagues from Islay is a 

 cove, called Mollendito, the residence of a few fishermen : there 

 is a similar cove a little to the eastward of Point Cornejo. West- 

 ward of that point the coast retires and forms a shallow bay, in 

 which are three small coves — Aranta, La Guata, and Noratos ; and 

 W. 36° N., thirteen miles distant, is the valley and river of Quilca, 

 off which vessels occasionally anchor, under the Seal Rock lying to 

 the south-east of Quilca Point. This anchorage is much exposed ; 

 but landing is good in the cove westward of the valley. Watering is 

 sometimes attempted, by filling at the river and rafting off, but must 

 always be attended with much difficulty and danger. The valley is 

 about three-quarters of a mile in width, and differing from the others, 

 which are level, runs dovrn the side of a hill; and from the regu- 



