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? SURVEY Ol? ?t? INTEETBOIqCAL !s10'. Soon at?cer daylight, on ?e ?, W?sel's Jar?. Isl?, w? h? been seen ?e prong ?e?ng, were desc? b? ?m W.N.W. ? S.W.b.W..; ?d, ?o?y ?a?s, lower ?d ?s obse?ed m?e ? the n?w?, ?s ?e ex?ty of w? we st?. ?e ?tem side ? Wessel's I?ds p?sen? s level ?; o?y a few shrubby ?s appe? ut inte?als, ? bre? ?e ?fo?ity of i? gen?y ?d?_!?g ou?ine. ?e po?t, w?ch is ?med Cape Wessel, is ?e .ex?ity of ?e no?em. mint isl?d o? ? ?p, and is sep? �? ? ?e sou?w? ? it, by s ?w, ?d, uppity, a r?y s?t. ? appr?ng ?n a m?e ?d a h? of �e Ca?, we p?s? ?rough fide wigout hav?g so? wi? ?een ?o?. Six naives were seen sit? on ?e verge cli? ?t overha? ?e 'Ca?, wa? us ? we pus?d; and ?her on two more we? obse? w?i? on ?e ?. ? the w?t side of ?e Ca? is a s?H s?dy bay, in whi? the? ? ? ? ? ?or?e. In p?sing ?s bay, we fe? into ?othe? s? ?de r?, in whi? the se? curlM and fo?M u?ut us as ff w? were ? the midst of breakers but, ? before, no ?ttom w? found with ?o?. The w?r ?s ve? ?, ?om ?e mud