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1819. there was some appearance of a good anchorage 
ju ty 25 . in a bight under its north-west side, where also 
the side of the hill appeared to be thickly wooded, 
and worth a visit, but the lateness of the hour did 
not permit the delay. 
In passing near the rocky islet which lies off 
the south-east end of Wednesday Island, we 
narrowly escaped striking upon some rocks, two 
of which were seen about fifty yards off under 
our lee bow, on which the sea broke heavily. 
As we passed round the north side of Wednes- 
day Island, six natives were observed running 
along the beach, waving their arms and hallooing 
to us : previous to their appearance a large fire 
had been kindled by them in the woods over the 
beach, evidently with a view to attract our atten- 
tion, but in vain, for we were too much occupied 
for the safety of the vessel to attend to them. 
In passing the rock off the north end of Ham- 
mond's Island, the tide was observed to be rush- 
ing past it, with great rapidity to the westward. 
At half past one o’clock we hauled up towards 
the south end of Good’s Island, intending to 
anchor there for the night, that we might have the 
whole of the next day to leave the Strait. About 
half a mile from the shore, the anchor was let go, 
in seven fathoms gravelly bottom, but in checking 
the cable, the arm of the anchor broke. The 
