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fliip in the harbour that had not dragged her anchors. 
Theftorms from the fea are ftill more formidable; fo much 
fo, that Ihips have frequently been driven by them from 
their anchorage, and wrecked at the head of the Bay. 
But thefe accidents happen chiefly in the quaademoujfon^ or 
winter months, from May 14 to the fame day of Auguft; 
during which time fev/ fliips venture to anchor here. 
Our fleet, arriving later, lay perfedly immolefted as long 
as it was neceflary for it to remain in this ftation. 
Falfe Bay, on the fouth-eaft flde of the Cape, is more 
fecure than Table Bay, during the prevalence of the 
north-weft winds, but ftill lefs fo in ftrong gales from the 
fouth-eaft. It is however lefs frequented^ being twenty- 
four miles of very heavy road diftant from Cape Town, 
whence almoft all neceflaries muft be procured » The moft 
fheltered part of Falfe Bay is a recefs on the weft lide, 
called Simon's Bay. ■ - ~ 
The Gape of Good Hope, though popularly called, and 
perhaps pretty generally efteemed fo, is not in truth the 
moft fouthern point of Africa. The land which proje6ts 
furtheft to the fouth is a point to the eaft of it, called by the 
Englifti Gape Lagullus ; a name corrupted from the 
original Portugueze das Agulhas-, which, as well as the 
French appellation des Aiguilles ^ is defcriptive of its form, 
and would rightly be tranflated Needle Cape. Three 
eminences, divided by very narrow pafles, and appear- 
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