He brought us to an anchor right against the town, at the outer part of the harbour, which was then full of ships, within 150 yards of a small fort that stands on a rock half a mile from the shore.
Close to Cape Northumberland are two pointed rocks resembling the back fins of sharks; and on its eastern side were heavy breakers, extending more than a mile from the shore.
These are five small low and woody islands, surrounded with rocks, and lying in form of a half-moon a mile from the shore, having safe anchorage in the intermediate space.
In all other places there is safe anchorage a quarter of a mile from the shore, in six, eight, ten, and twelve fathoms, on clean sand and ooze.
There is good anchorage opposite this town a mile from the shore, in sixteen to eighteen fathoms on soft ooze.
At three o'clock, we were embayed, and about a mile from the shore.
From Cape Deseado, the coast is high and unbroken for three miles; (a rocky islet lies about a mile from the shore) then there is an opening which probably leads into a good harbour behind a number of islands.
In all my life I never saw so dreadful a sea as drove in here; it began to break at more than half a mile from the shore.
Toward the bottom of this bay there is foul corally ground, extending upward of a mile from the shore, without which the soundings are regular, with good anchorage, in twenty fathoms.
We directed our course toward the village I have just mentioned, and having proceeded as far as we were able with the boats, we got upon the ice, which, extended near half a mile from the shore.
We lay before a creek in the reef, which made it convenient landing at all times; and we were not above three quarters of a mile from the shore.
Allen informs me that the reefs extend about a mile from the shore, and have only from five to twelve feet water within them; coloured red.
On the western side of the Mauritius, which was the only part I visited, the reef generally lies at the distance of about half a mile from the shore; but in some parts it is distant from one to two, and even three miles.
These reefs project about a quarter of a mile from the shore; coloured red.
After anchoring for a short time to form a station, we finally came to under Fitzroy Island, half a mile from the shore.
On July 7th we anchored to leeward of the Low Isles, in the northern part of Trinity Bay, in eight fathoms, mud, half a mile from the shore, and remained there for the four succeeding days.
As soon as we arrived on board we got underweigh and steered round the bluff point on the west side of the island; and at half past five o'clock anchored at about half a mile from the shore of the bay on which we had lately landed.
SOUTH WEST BAY affords good anchorage in five and six fathoms at a mile from the shore, and vessels may anchor at a quarter of a mile off the beach in three fathoms muddy bottom.
The temperature of the water at the surface a quarter of a mile from the shore was 40 degrees, that of the air being 49 degrees.
The gale having abated in the evening, we quickly loaded the boats, and pulled them into a lane of water that we had observed about half a mile from the shore.
Some heavy rain fell in the night, and the morning of the 27th was foggy; but the sun, about noon, having dispersed the fog, we discovered an open channel about half a mile from the shore.
Taking up my boat therefore I ran under the Timor side, and at 3 o'clock anchored in 29 fathom, half a mile from the shore.
At 3 in the afternoon we anchored in 14 fathom, soft black oasy ground, about a mile from the shore.
About 6 we anchored in the bottom of the bay in 25 fathom, soft oaze, half a mile from the shore.
Although lying a mile from the shore it is connected at low-water by a flat of sand.
I therefore anchored in four fathom, about a mile from the shore, and then made the signal for the boats to come on board.
As soon as it was light, they were seen walking along the beach; and soon after they retired to the woods, where, at the distance of about a mile from the shore, they kindled several fires.
In the evening we walked back again, and found the ships at anchor in Sandy Point Bay, at the distance of about half a mile from the shore.
At six o'clock in the morning of the 8th, we brought-to on the west side of it, at the distance of about three quarters of a mile from the shore, but we had no soundings with one hundred and forty fathom of line.
In the middle of this Bay, about a Mile from the Shore, there is a small low woody Island, not above a Mile in Circumference; our Ship rode about a Mile from it.
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