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275 ?JRVEY O!? THE INTERTROPICAL IslO. At ?e o'd?, having weigh? at dayl?ht, s?v?. we re? wi?n ?r? m?es of Tr? Po?t;. when ?e ebb tide wmmen?, and oblig? ?cho? ? wait ?e turn of tide, in o?er m ex- amine ? o?ni? t?t ffend? deeply ?u?w?. A?ngly, when ?e fi? ?e, we got ?der weigh, ?d enter? ?e o? ?thout ??ng ?y d?lfies, or ?ing ? by sho?. The dee?st ab?t tw?s over on ?e e?m side, in ?& we ?d? on a muddy ?t?, in b? twin nine ?d five fa?s; ?r ?vi? �e na?west ?, we ha? over W ?e ?stem shore, in ?e hope of ?ng ?chor?e out stren? of ?e tide, but it ?s ? ?at d?- ?ty, ?d not ?fil d?s wm?Hed us, ?at we let go ?e ?chor, u?n what a? W be a h? s?ny ?t?m, in five fa?oms. ?e fi& ?en tum? ? the ebb, ?d wm- m?c? ?g out ? rapi?y, ?at we we? u?er apprehensions of ?e vessel being le? d?; but, at low ?ter, which t?k place at lb. ?m. z. a.m., ?gh ?e tide had fallen twenty-two fe?, k left nine feet, which &? was j?t sd- ficient ? fi?t ?e vessel. U?n ?m ? ? oar, it w? fo?d W be of s? ?y, plenfif?y spri?l? ? sm?l iron-s?ne ?av?; it proved, however, to be of m? ?er