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count of the baffling winds, which blew in eddies 1319. 
round the hill. After clearing the bar, the weather July 11. 
began to re-assume its threatening appearance, 
but tired of the delay of waiting for fine weather we 
determined to proceed, and steered for Cape Bed- 
ford. Having reached this the course was directed 
for Cape Flattery, on our way to which we steered 12 - 
between the Three Isles’ Group and a low island. 
On passing round Cape Flattery, our course was 
directed to Point Lookout, and within the Turtle 
Island Group, but to seaward of the islands, q. 
Shortly afterwards the islands of Howick’s 
Group were seen to seaward on our bow, and 
other low isles a-head; and beyond these was 
Noble Island. Upon reaching Howick’s Group, a 
favourable place offering under the lee of the 
southernmost island, No. 3, we hauled in and an- 
chored in the strait or channel that separates it 
from No. 2. The island, No. 3, being low, pro- 
tected us only from the swell, and as the wind 
blew fresh from the S.E. during the night, with a 
cross tide, the cutter rode very uneasily. 
At four o’clock the next morning the cutter was 13. 
found to have drifted at least half a mile to lee- 
ward, but whether during the first or middle 
part of the night, it was not easy to discover ; had 
the island No. 2, been a quarter of a mile nearer, 
we should have had little chance of escaping 
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