162 CAMPANA ISLAND PARALLEL PEAK. ApHl 1828. 



" The wind abated at daylight on the 9th, and drew to the 

 southward, and thence to the S.E. (the fair weather quarter of 

 this coast). We bore up to make the land, and at about 10 a.m. 

 the ' loom' of it was seen from the mast-head. At noon, high 

 mountains were visible from the deck ; our latitude, by obser- 

 vation, was 48° 51% and our longitude, by chronometer, 00° 27'' 

 west of Port Henry. No soundings were obtained with one 

 hundred and ten fathoms of line. Hence we steered east (mag- 

 netic) towards a remarkable mountain, which, from our being 

 nearly in the parallel of it at noon, has been marked in the chart 

 as Parallel Peak. The coast we were upon was that of the 

 Island 'Campana,' and, in its general appearance, did not differ 

 from that of Madre de Dios. It was late before we got very 

 close to the land ; but, for a couple of leagues to the north- 

 ward, and about a league to the southward of the parallel of 

 our latitude at noon, we could distinguish rocks and breakers 

 skirting the coast to a distance of two leagues from the shore. 



" At dusk we hauled off for the night ; but instead of being 

 able to resume the examination of the coast next morning, we 

 had to encounter another gale of wind from the N.W., which, 

 before noon, reduced us to close-reefed main- topsail and reefed 

 foresail. This gale suddenly subsided in the western quarter, 

 which was singular ; for those we have experienced generally 

 commenced at north, thence drew round to the westward, from 

 which point to S.W. they blew with the greatest fury, and 

 hauling to the southward, usually abated to the eastward of 

 south. 



" During the afternoon, we again made the land near 

 Parallel Peak, but could not close it. Next morning (11th), 

 with fine weather, and a fresh breeze at S.W. b. W., we once 

 more saw the land about Parallel Peak ; and when distant from 

 the shore about eight miles, steered N. b. E. along the coast. 

 At noon our latitude was 48° W. 



" Throughout our run along the coast this day, we skirted 

 a number of rocky islets, rocks, and breakers, lying off shore 

 at the distance of three or four miles. Some of the islets were 

 elevated several feet above the surface of the sea ; others were 



