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houfe eredted upon it, will point out the entrance of the J779- 
bay of Awatfka to the Northward. To the Eaftward of this » — __ r ‘ L | J 
head-land lie many funken rocks, ftretching into the fea, to 
the diftance of two or three miles; and which will fhew 
themfelves, if there be but a moderate fea or fwell. Four 
miles to the South of the entrance lies a fmall round ifland, 
very diftinguifhable from being principally compofed of 
high pointed rocks, with one of them ftrikingly remark¬ 
able, as being much larger, more peaked and perpendicular, 
than the reft. 
It is no way neceftary to be equally particular in the de- 
fcription of the bay itfelf, as of its approaches and envi¬ 
rons ; lince no words can give the mariner fo perfedt an 
idea of it, as the annexed plan. From this it will appear, 
that the entrance is at firft near three miles wide, and in 
the narroweft part one mile and a half, and four miles long, 
in a North North Weft diredtion, Within the mouth is a 
noble bafon of twenty-five miles circuit, with the capacious 
harbours of Tareinfka to the Weft, of Rakoweena to the 
Eaft, and the fmall one of St. Peter and St. Paul, where we 
lay, to the North. 
Tareinfka harbour is about three miles in breadth, and 
twelve in length ; it ftretches to the Eaft South Eaft, and is 
feparated from the fea, at the bottom, by a narrow neck of 
land. The road into this harbour is perfedtly free from 
rocks or fhoals. We had never lefs than feven fathoms 
water, as far as our Purvey extended; for we were not 
able to get to the bottom of the harbour on account of 
the ice. 
The harbour of Rakoweena would deferve the prefer¬ 
ence over the other two, if its entrance were not impeded 
by a fhoal lying in the middle of the channel; which, in 
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