Narrative of the surveying voyages of his majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle (vol.2- Appendix): between the years 1826 and 1836 : describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagles's circumnavigation of the globe

APPENDIX. 257 be obtained ; but water is scarce, tlae greater part of which is brought from Supe, for the use of the inhabitants of the village. The best anchorage is in four fathoms, with Point Thomas shut in by the inner point, about a cable's length from the rocks running off that point, and rather more than a quarter of a mile from the village. There is good anchorage further out, in six or seven fathoms, but little sheltered from the swell. In entering, there is no danger Point Thomas is bold, with regular soundings, from ten to fifteen fathoms three-quarters of a mile off it. Off Inner Point there are a few rocks to a short distance ; but there is no necessity for hugging the shore so close, as you can always fetch the anchorage, by keeping at a moderate distance in standing in. To distinguish this port, the best guide at a distance is the Bell Mountain, the highest and most remarkable mountain in the second range ; it bears from the anchorage E. 39° N. ; may be distinguished by its shape like a bell, and has three distinct rises on its summit the highest at the north end ; on that side it shews very distinctly, there being no other hiUs near it for a considerable distance. On approaching the coast, the island of San Martin to the southward, and Mount Darwin and Cerro Horca (a small round hill on the beach, with a steep, chffy side to it, facing the sea, with apparently an islet off it), will be seen, nearly four leagues to the northward. The har- bour itself has a white rock at its north extreme, and cannot be mistaken, for there is no other like it near this part of the coast. From Supe the coast is a clay cHff, about a hundred feet Ln height, to the distance of a league and a half; it then becomes low and covered with brushwood, until you reach Cerro Horca already men- tioned ; here it again becomes hUly near the sea, with alternate rocky points and small sandy bays, which continue to the distance of six leagues ; where is the bay called Gramadel. This is a vnld-looking place, with a heavy swell roUing in ; it is visited occasionally for the hair seal, with which it abounds : there is anchorage in six or seven fathoms, sandy bottom, with the bluff that forms the bay bearing S.S.E. about half a mUe from the shore but landing is scarcely practicable. The coast maintains its rocky character, vdth deep water off it, as far as the Buffadero, a high, steep cliff, vidth a hill having two paps on it, a little in-shore. From this bluff is a rocky cliff, from two hundred to three hundred feet high, and more level country, as far as Point Leganto, round which is the Port of Guarmey.