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draught than four feet, but that having passed it, 1819. 
the inlet runs up a considerable distance, with June 26 : 
soundings from three to four fathoms. 
Near the entrance upon the bank of the inlet, 
several huts were noticed, and near them Mr. 
Bedwell found a canoe ; which, being hollowed 
out of the trunk of a tree, was of very different 
construction to any we had before seen; its 
length was twenty-one feet, but its greatest 
breadth in the bilge did not exceed fifteen inches, 
whilst, at the gunwale, the opening was only from 
six to eight and a half inches wide ; an outrigger, 
projecting about two feet, was neatly attached to 
one side, which prevented its liability to overset, 
and at each end was a projection, from fifteen to 
twenty inches long, on which the natives carry 
their fire, or sit ; nothing was found in the canoe 
but two paddies and a long pole. 
The bay on which we had anchored was called, 
at first, Shelter Bay; but it was afterwards 
changed to Weary Bay, in consequence of Cap- 
tain Cook’s having given that name to the coast 
in this vicinity. 
The weather was so thick and unsettled dur- 
ing the afternoon, that we did 'not leave this 
anchorage until nine o’clock the next morning ; 27 . 
when it was found necessary that we should 
take advantage of the first safe anchorage, 
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