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been mentioned, since it is from the nature of issi. 
the tides that Captain Dampier formed his hypo- Aug. 20. 
thesis of the existence of either a strait or an 
opening between this and the Rosemary Islands ; 
but from our experience, it would appear more 
probable, that these great tides are occasioned 
by the numerous inlets that intersect the coast 
between this and Cape Voltaire ; a further ex- 
amination, however, can only prove the real 
cause. 
At daylight (26th) we weighed with a light 26 . 
breeze from S.W., but soon afterwards falling 
calm, and the tide drifting us to the S.E. the 
anchor was again dropped: ten minutes after- 
wards a land breeze from E.S.E. sprung up^ to 
which we' again weighed,- but no sooner were 
we under sail than we were enveloped in a thick 
mist, that blew off the land, where it had been 
collecting for the last two days. At eleven o’clock 
the fog cleared away to seaWard, but the land was 
screened from our view until noon, when a sea 
breeze from west gradually dispersed the fog, 
and the hillocky summit of Cape Latouche-Tre- 
ville was seen, bearing S. 17° W. At half past 
twelve two rocky lumps on the land to the west- 
ward of Cape Villaret were seen, and very soon 
afterwards the hill on the cape made its appear- 
ance. Between Capes Villaret and Latouche- 
