The easternmost point of land seen bore east by south half south, distance 3 leagues: and the westernmost west-south-west half south, distance 2 leagues.
The eastermost part of New Guinea seen bore east by south, distant 12 leagues: Cape Mabo west-south-west half south, distant 7 leagues.
At six o'clock we discovered three other small islands to the north-west, the westernmost of them bore north-west half west 7 leagues.
The church bearing west or west by south and the south point of the road south-west half south to south-west by west is a good situation for anchoring: the depth about twenty-five fathoms.
At sunset the southernmost bore from south to south-west by west and the northernmost from north by west half west to north-east half east.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "west half" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
