ADVICE FOR SMALL VESSELS. 



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off Cape Orange, or to that on the north side of Possession 

 Bay, for vi^hich the chart must be consulted. 



For a small vessel, the passage through the strait, from 

 west to east, is not only easy, but strongly to be recommended 

 as the best and safest route. Indeed, I think the passage 

 would be quite as expeditious, and perhaps much safer, to 

 enter the Gulf of Trinidad, and pass down the Concep9ion 

 Strait, the Sarmiento or St. Estevan Channels, and Smyth 

 Channel, and enter the Strait at Cape Tamar. In these chan- 

 nels northerly winds prevail, and there is no want of conve- 

 nient and well-sheltered anchorages for the night, many of 

 which have already been mentioned, and multitudes of others, 

 perhaps much better ones, might be found. 



