Aug. 1829. 



ANCON SIN SALIDA. 



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al Oueste,'' (west and more west,) returning to the Adelaide in 

 the evening. 



The following morning was fine, and the Adelaide moved 

 out of Smyth Channel, the survey of which was completed very 

 satisfactorily, although their progress was slow, owing to con- 

 stant northerly winds. 



By towing the Adelaide during tedious calms, they reached 

 Montague Bay in the evening, and next day anchored in 

 Relief Harbour, on the S.W. side of Vancouver Island. 



As it was evident that the ' Ancon sin salida was within 

 Piazzi and Ceres Islands, up the west coasts of which they had 

 passed, Lieut. Skyring left the schooner moored in Relief 

 Harbour, and proceeded, on the 4th August, to the southward, 

 in a whale-boat with Mr. Kirke ; but he took no more than a 

 week's provisions, that time being all he could devote to this 

 exploration. 



The 4th, 5th, and 6th, Lieutenant Skyring employed in 

 pulling or sailing to the southward and eastward, through 

 winding and intricate passages ; although strong winds and 

 much heavy rain annoyed him, and impeded his progress. 



On the 7th the weather was much more favourable than it 

 had lately been. The boat pulled and sailed to the southward, 

 and at noon Lieutenant Skyring ascended a height,^ having 

 on each side of it a deep opening, but he was disappointed in 

 the view; and, after taking bearings, pulled round the adja- 

 cent bights, one of which was exactly opposite Artist Bay, in 

 Smyth Channel, and so near it that the two waters were onlf 

 separated by a few hundred yards ;f the other, | eastward of the 

 height, was large, and closed at the bottom by very low lands. 

 It was directly supposed to be the ' Ancon sin Salida but 

 Sarmiento's description, and the chart compiled by Burney, 



* No doubt the Mount Oracioo of Sarmiento, p. 144. — P.P.K, 



t This place is described in Sarmiento's journal, p. 144. — P.P.K. 



X Ensenada de la Oracion of Sarmiento. — P.P.K. 



§ This bay is also described by Sarmiento as an * Ancon sin salida,' 

 p. 143 ; but it is evidently not the one that bears that name on the chart. 

 -P.P.K. 



