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 thod therefore is^ to keep in the offing till about noon, 

 or fomething after, when the wind ufually continues 

 to the bottom of the harbour ; and then by obfcrving 

 the abovementioned rules, the lliip will fall into her 

 flation without any difficulty. Or you may run into 

 the bay and there come to an anchor, till the day fol- 

 lowing, and then weigh early and go in with the land 

 breeze, here called Concon, as blowing from that 

 point \ and this breeze may be depended on every day 

 at a certain hour, except during the time of the N, 

 winds, which caufe fome alteration in it. 



The fafeft method of mooring fhips is lying one 

 anchor on the Hiore towards the S. S. W. and another 

 in the channel towards the N. N, W. The former 

 mud be well fecurcd, as the refource againft the S. 

 and S. W. winds ; for though they come over the 

 land, they are often fo violent, and the fhore of the 

 harbour fo floping, that the fhips would oiherwife 

 drive. 



Asfoon as the north winds fet in, which happens in 

 the months of April and May, the veffels in the har- 

 bour are expofed to their whole violence, which alfo 

 caufes a very high fea. In this exigence, the whole fe- 

 curity of the fhips depends on the anchor and cable to- 

 wards the N. N. E. it will therefore be very proper to 

 lay another in the fame diredlion ; for if it Oiould give 

 way, it would be impoffible to hinder the fhip from 

 ftriking on the rocks near the fhore. The only favour- 

 able circumftance here is, that the bottom being very 

 firm, and rifmg towards the (bore, the anchor has good 

 hold ; and confequently the whole depends on the 

 ftrcngth of the cable. 



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