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crosse Island the gulf is divided by Adolphus isip. 
Island into two arms ; one of which trended to Sept. is. 
the S.S.E., and the other to the S.S.W.* 
As the western arm appeared to be of most 
importance, we entered it, and, with a strong 
flood tide, proceeded with great rapidity ; as sun- 
set approached, we began to look for an an- 
chorage, but found much difficulty on account 
of the strength of the tides, the great depth of 
water, and, as I at first thought, the unfavourable 
quality of the bottom: at last the anchor was 
dropped close to the south-west shore of Adol- 
phus Island, in the entrance of another arm, 
which appeared to trend to the south-east under 
Mount Connexion. The noise made by the 
chain cable, in running through the hawse-hole, 
put to flight a prodigious number of bats that 
were roosting in the mangrove bushes; and 
which, flying over, and about the cutter’s mast, 
quite darkened the air with their numbers. 
As I purposed remaining two days at this an- 
chorage to examine the country, we landed the 
next morning under View Hill, a high steep point 19. 
on the south shore abreast of the anchorage ; 
and, having climbed the summit by a rugged 
and fatiguing ascent, our labour was amply re- 
* For the farther description of Cambridge Gulf, see the Appen- 
dix, A. Part IV. 
