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SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL 
1818. pleted the survey of the port ; and we named it 
April 16. Raffles Ray, in compliment to Sir Stamford. 
At night, the seine was hauled under High 
Point, and procured us a good mess of fish. 
19 . We left Raffles’ Bay on the 19th in the morning, 
and ran along the western shore to the N.W. 
point which we passed round ; and, steering 
between it and a low sandy island, entered a 
bay, at the bottom of which was an opening, 
but we were prevented from entering it by shoal 
water. 
The next point to the westward is Point 
Smith, and at the distance of a mile from it, is a 
ledge of rocks on which the sea constantly breaks. 
We passed close round the reef, and hauled 
into a very considerable opening about six or 
seven miles wide, and at least five or six leagues 
deep. At the bottom of this inlet was some 
higher land than usual, and among it two flat- 
topped hills were very conspicuous. The eastern 
shore of the port, for such it proved to be, is 
formed by a succession of rocky points, between 
which were ranges of red cliffs, much higher 
than any we had yet seen, and, if possible, more 
thickly wooded. As the day was far spent, we 
anchored on the east side under one of the cliffs, 
and during the night, the dismal howling of 
native dogs was heard close to the vessel, a 
