was seen ?om the deck, and, as we stnod wa?s .it, ?e narrovly escaped striking on a pa? c? the shoal that e?!?ds off Cape I.a:rad?. derry: ,our oom'se was then directed towards some brokea la?d in the S.W., which proveel to be a group of .islands. with .it consider- ?ble simaosity in the, oosst behimi thima; the eaatem head of the bay was called Cape Talbot, ai'ter the then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. tw?en tkis and Cape Lc?i? the eoas? ?ery low, aud defemied by au extensive ?e? ? in many p?rts was dry. During the night we stood off shore, ,red, at daylight, were eight miles. from the islands. At niae o'clock, being calm, we .anchored to the m?rt? of the group, which was mm?d Sir Graham Mom'e's, in compliment to the gallant. admiral rhea hblding a seat at the Admiralty Board.. lxi?pal island is more elevated than ? resi, and has a flat tabular 'summit: it bore, from th? anchora?, S. 19 � three miles and a hal? The se?.breeze set in from N.W. with the ch?ug? of tide; as soon as the sunrs meridi. onal altitude was obs?rt, ed, we got under sail, and steered to the W.S.W.; but were soon after obliged to alter the ?ourse, to avoid a shoal which.the se? was breaking within fifty yards of us.
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