ml? .During ths night we ? lightning from the 0?."? N.W.., and the next day the wind was so light that we did not make much progress; an.an- chorag? was occupied during the e.nsuing night ' to the eastward Of Point Biggs, half a mile to the northwsxd of a ?mall rocky island, in ten Pathores aad a h?lf, muddy bottom, Every succeeding day, the weather was getting more and more unfavourable for our purpose; which increased my anxiety to escape from this labyrinth of islands and shoals; for wo had evidently no time ?o sparo, in order to leave the coast before the l?aJny season should commence. Th? whole of this gulf is admirably formed For .the trepang fishery, and tim anim?11 is ex- tt?zely abundant among the reefs. Booth fish and turtle are pleutiful, the latmr are of very large size; none, however, were taken to deter- mine its species, We have seen very few in- h?hitants en this part of the coast, but at this season they are doubtless divided into small de- -- tach? p?ties, for the greater facility of pros .curing sustenance, and of making their reservoirs of water, wherever they may be, last longer. l?. The next day, afi? an ineffectual attempt to pass out through the islands in the vicinity of Cape VolO. ire, we anchored about mid-way be- tween three of high fiat-topped form; and at
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