?o? OF AU9TRALIA. 209 draught than four feet, but that having passed it., . the inlet runs Up a considerable distance, with June soundings from three to four fathoms. Near the. entrance upon the bank o? the inlet, several huts were noticed, and near them Mr. Bedwell found a canoe; which, being hollowed out of the trunk of a tree, was of very different construction to any .we had before seen; its length was twenty.one feet, but its greatest breadth in the bilge did not exceed fitteen inches, whilst, at the gunwale, the opening was only from six to eight and a half inches wide; an outrigger, projecting about two feet, was neatly attached to one side, which prevented its liability to overset, and at each end was a projection, from ffiteen to twenty inch es long, on which the natives carry their fire, or sit; nothing was found in the canQe but two paddles and a long pole. The bay on which we had anchored was called, at first, Shelter Bay; but it was alterwards changed to Weary Bay, in. consequence of Cap- rain Cook's having given that n?e to the coast in this vicinity. The weather was so thick and unsettled dur. ing the .aftemcon, that we did !net leave this anchorage until nine o'clock the next morning; when it was found necessary that we should take advantage of the first safe anchorage, �o?,. I. P
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