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APPENDIX. 
A. 
Sect. II. 
N. East 
Coast. 
on which, at high water, there is about fourteen feet ; but, 
at low water, not more than ten feet : the channel over the 
bar is close to the south side, for the sand-bank extends 
from the low sandy north shore to within one hundred and 
forty yards of the south shore, and at three quarters ebb 
(spring tides) is dry. 
In steering in for the mouth, upon bringing Point Monk- 
house in a line with Point a, (the north point of the bay 
under Mount Cook,) you wilt be in three fathoms ; steer in 
until the south extremity of the low north sandy point is 
opened of the trend round Point c, when you may haul a 
little more in, and when point d (which is a point where the 
mangroves commence,) bears S. 33° W. (magnetic,) steer 
directly for it ; this will carry you over the deepest part of 
the bar, which stretches off from point c in a N. 75® W. 
(magnetic,) direction ; another mark is to keep the trend be- 
yond d just in sight, but not open, or you will be too near the 
spit : the best way is, having opened it, haul in a little to the 
southward, and shut it in again: you may pass within ten 
yards of point d ; and the best anchorage is just within it; 
the vessel may be secured head and stern to trees on the 
beach, with bow and stern anchors to steady her. No 
vessel of a greater draught than twelve feet should enter 
the harbour ; and this vessel may even moor in four fathoms 
within her own length of the shore, with the outer trend just 
shut in by the mangrove point a* The watering-place is a 
stream that empties itself into the port through the man- 
groves, about two hundred yards to the south : and if this 
should fail, there is a good stream at the north end of the long 
north sandy beach. The latter, although very high coloured, 
is of wholesome quality ; but in bad weather is inconvenient 
to be procured on account of the surf. Water for com- 
mon purposes of cooking may be had on a sandy beach a 
little without the entrance, but it is of a mineral quality, and 
