'? was* so ?erY light and leewat?y, t_h?t it woul? ,tea. ?o. have been running a great risk to appr? t!? land, as she then was. But in titis we were dis? appointed, for at?er an intervat of (?tmm mtlt? weather, and a severe thunder-storm,' a gale wind set in'from the 8.?r., during which the[ barcnneter fell as low as ?.86 inches. -Th? gale then,veered gradu?y round to the N.W,? and obliged Us to m?,?e sail o?f tim ovast, anct by tha time it moderated, we were so far to leeward of Dampier's Archipelto, timt I was constrained 'to alter my plan, and give up tim idea ot taking ballast on board.. I therefore de? termined upon making Eowley's Shoals, for th? purpose of fixing their position with greater reotness, and examining the extent of the bight round ?ape Levc?lue, which we were ? to leave. unexplored during. the earlier ps? of this voyage. rob. 4. The first of these objects was etfeeted on 4th; on which day we passed rotrod the south end of the Imperieuse (the westernmost) $ho?l; which we now found to extend nearly four miles more to the southwaui than had been mmpectsd in 1818, at which period we steered round its north end.. - ?e .north.east end ? the teef? n?=?ttt ten ?
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