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SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL 
13 ^ 1 . little before sunset the weather cleared and af-; 
Aug-. 15. forded a good view of the land, which to the 
S.E. is composed principally of islands, but so 
nunjerous that the main land could not be dis* 
tinguished beyond them ; a point, afterwards 
called Point Hall, round which the land trended 
to the southward, bore from the anchorage S. 
19° E. 
The direction of the tides, the flood setting 
S.S.E., and the ebb N.N.W. and N.W., induced 
me to suppose that the opening to the eastward 
of the bay we were at anchor in, which was 
called Camden, in compliment to the noble 
Marquess, was not only connected with Rogers’ 
Strait, but was also the outlet of another consi- 
derable river or bay. 
At the anchorage the flood did not run at a 
greater rate than a mile and a half an hour, but 
it ebbed two miles, and fell thirty-seven feet, 
which is the greatest rise and fall we had yet 
found; it is probable, from the intricate nature 
of the coast, that these high tides are common to 
all this neighbourhood. : 
16 . At five o’clock, on the morning of the 16th after 
a fine night, the wind sprung up from the E.S.E. 
and blew fresh ; but misty weather immediately 
after sunrise enveloped us, and clouded our view. 
The breeze was too fresh for us to continue at 
