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of a bird of similar size and plumage. On 1 ^* 
the return of the boat two alligators swam Se P t 15 * 
past it. 
After completing our water we left the 19, 
river ; but, owing to light winds, did not suc- 
ceed in getting out of the harbour until the fol- 
lowing morning. Its examination had been per- 
formed as narrowly as time and circumstances 
admitted: it is of considerable size, and in 
most parts offers good and secure anchorage ; 
with abundance of wood for fuel and, perhaps, 
always water of good quality. Its western side 
was very indistinctly seen ; and it was thought 
probable from appearances, that, in the space be- 
tween Cape Pond and Anderdon Islands, there 
are perhaps two or three small mountain streams. 
The harbour was called Prince Frederic’s, 
and the sound, that fronts it, York Sound, in 
honour of his Royal Highness the Duke of 
York. 
After passing Point Hardy, we entered a fine 20 - 
harbour bounded on the west by a group of 
islands, and on the east by the projection of 
land that forms the western side of Prince Fre- 
deric’s Harbour. The flood-tide was not suf- 
ficient to carry us to the bottom, so that we 
anchored off the east end of the southernmost 
island of the group ; which, on the occasion of 
