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long ground swell, made it doubtful if two anchors would hold us till 

 our observations, Av^re concluded. The only traces we saw of there 

 ever having been any inhabitants at this dreary place, was a pole 

 sticking up on the top of a mound, near the head of the bay. 



N. 64° W., thirteen leagues from Point Nasca is Point Santa Maria, 

 and the rock called the Ynfiernillo. This point is low and rugged, sur- 

 rounded by rocks and breakers. At the distance of a league and a 

 half, inland, to the eastward, is a remarkable table topped hill, called 

 the table of Dona Maria ; this hill may be seen in clear weather at 

 a considerable distance from seaward, and from its height and pecu- 

 liar shape is a good mark for this part of the coast. 



The Ynfiernillo Rock lies due west from the northern extreme 

 of the point, at the distance of a mile ; it is about fifty feet high, 

 quite black, and in the form of a sugar loaf ; no dangers exist near 

 it : there are fifty-four fathoms at two miles distance. Between this 

 rock and Point Caballos, the coast to a short distance west of the 

 small River Yea is a sandy beach, with ranges of moderately high 

 sand hills. From thence to the Ynfiernillo it is rocky, with grassy 

 chfFs immediately over it, and some small white rocks lying olF. 



N. 31° W., ten and a half miles from Santa Maria, is Point Azua, 

 a high bluff, with a low rocky point off it; between is a sandy 

 beach, interrupted by rocky projections, and a small stream running 

 fi'om the hills. 



N. 3° W., from Point Azua, and at the distance of twenty-one 

 miles, is the southern entrance to the bay of the Yndependencia. 

 This extensive bay which is fifteen miles in length in a N.W. and 

 S.E. direction, and three miles and a half broad, has been till of late 

 years, completely unknown or overlooked : no mention is made of it 

 in the Spanish charts, and it was not till the year 1825 that the 

 Hydrographer at Lima became aware of its existence, and then only 

 by an accidental discovery. It has two entrances : the southern 

 called Serrate, which takes its name from the master of the vessel 

 by whom it was discovered, is formed by the Island of Santa Rosa 

 on the north, and Point Quemada on the south : it is three quarters 

 of a mile wide and free from danger. The northern entrance is 

 named after the Dardo and Truxiiiano, two vessels that were con- 

 veying troops to Pisco : they ran in, mistaking it for that place, and 

 were wrecked : many of the people on board perished. It is formed 

 by Point Carretas on the north and the Island of Vieja on the south. 



