i8o A Voyage to 



out towards the Continent half way the Channel, leaving 

 ^urlTior a P a ^ a g e through which many Ships have gone, miftaking 

 inZing of 11 for that between the Ifland of St. Gallan, and the Con- 

 Mono Que- tinent of Paraca ; but it is eafy to know them afunder, 

 raado from beeaufe in the latter there are no Low Rocks, as there are 

 Pifco. at the Foot of that of hobos , and a Stigar-Loaf Breaker. Be- 

 fides, the Land of Paraca is of an equal Height, that of 

 Mono quemado comes down in a Defcent on the North- 

 fide to a little Creek, where there is Anchorage on the 

 Starboard fide. In cafe a Ship happens to advance into that 

 Paffage, Care is to be taken, that in coming out to the 

 Northward of the Ifland of Lobos , there is a Shoal about 

 the third Part of the Channel over from the Continent. I 

 have alfo been told, by thofe who have gone into that 

 Channel, through a Mifiake, that to the Northward of the 

 Ifland there is a fmooth flat Bank of Sand, which forms 

 a Creek, where the Sea is fo ftill, that a Ship may anchor 

 there in 8 Fathom Water, and even, if Occafion were, 

 careen there in Safety. 



Being aflured by the Sight of the Ifland Lobos, of the 

 Diftance we were at from that of S. Gallan, we lay by 

 that Night •> and the next Day we pafs'd between that Ifland 

 and the Continent of Paraca, eoafting along it within a 

 Quarter of a League, that is, within one third of the Chan- 

 nel from the Land, for fear of a Shoal, which is within- 

 half a League S. S. E. from the Ifland. 



The Road of Pifco. 



Plate XXV. \ 71 /E failed along within the Length of two Cables of 

 V V a little Creek, call'd Enfenada del Viejo, or the 

 old Man's Bay, where fome French Ships have anchor'd, in 

 io or 12 Fathom Water, to unlade their Goods privately. 

 Being becalm'd, when we were within a Cable's Length of 

 the North Point of that Creek, we found 15 Fathom Wa- 

 ter, the Bottom Sand and Shells, and thence proceeded to 

 anchor in the Bay of Paraca, in 1 j Fathom Water, the 



Bottom 



