LIVElirOOI. TO LOCH KYAN. 
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the SW : so that, by carrying a pressure of can¬ 
vas, we were enabled to weather the Calf of Man 
at 10 a. M. of the 28th. Proceeding down the 
North Channel, we passed Copeland Island at 
sunset; and at 11 p.m. were near the light on the 
Point of Corsewall, at the entrance of Loch Ryan. 
The wind having veered to NW., we kept this 
light under our lee during the night, that we 
might take shelter in Loch Ryan in the event of 
bad weather. The morning of the 29th, how¬ 
ever, proving tolerably fine, we attempted to pro¬ 
ceed on our voyage. In the evening, the wind 
came from the SW. and was attended with heavy 
rain and fierce squalls; but being favourable, we 
passed the Mull of Cantyre at sunset, and direct¬ 
ed our course for the lee of Rachlin Island. The 
ebb-tide having swept us considerably to the 
northward, our situation soon became extremely 
critical; for the wind increasing to a hard gale, 
arid a heavy sea setting in from the westward, 
we were rapidly impelled towards the dangerous 
rocks, islets, and headlands forming the northern 
coast of the Channel. As we had no alternative 
but to advance, we were under the necessity of 
carrying a pressure of sail, with the hope of clear¬ 
ing the Mull of Kinlio, and Point of Runs, with 
the rocks, that were still more to be feared, lying 
farther towards the northwest. There being no 
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