The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-10 00:00:00

SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR ENDEATOUR STRAIT.
N.B.—The soundings are reduced to the lowest spring-tide

level, and thebearings are magnetic.

The variation is about four degrees easterly.
Vessels entering from the south-eastward, and drawing
about 15 feet water, should, after having passed through the
strait between the Brothers and Albany Isles. keep a good
look out for a rack situated nearly in the midchannel be-
tween Mount AdOlphus and Cape York. This; rock is laid
down in the Admirelity chart by Capt. King; it has since
been examined by an officer in her Majesty's ship Fly, who
found only four fathoms on it; which being reduced to the
low water level, would be barely three fathoms; there is
deep water around it.
Having passed this danger, a direct course may be shaped
for Endeavour Straits, which can be entered by tla-ee dif-
ferent openings, the shoalest water four and a half fathoms.
Of the three passages I consider that' to the westward the
best, it being twice the breadth of either of the others,
and the soundings from nine to ten fathoms sand." To
go through this opening a vessel must pass to the west-
ward of all the Possession Group ; the two
most being close together and thickly covered 7-ithi.an d.O
Having passed between these and a high rugged ,• I a t
course towards
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the westward, S.W. by W., will be the
(The .m 'Wallis Isles. Pass about two miles to the
leading northwardarokf
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northernmost of Red Wallis Isle.—
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with 2i 'faht fathoms, bearing btewaro
patches "P themiles; western extremity, bearing N
87i W. from the Red Wallis. The channel here is the nar-
rowest part of the passage, and is two miles broad, the
depth being sufficient for the largest ships; with the excep-
tion of a sniall sandy knoll, on which I sounded- in three
fathoms ; this patch lies seven and a half miles N. 79 IV.
from the` Red To the north of this patch the *-
sage is nearly one and a half miles wide, with -six fattiorias
in mideVannel.
A vessel having proceeded so far west as to bring Booby
Island to bear N. E., I Conceive she will then have passed
through the strait, and may shape :a course northward and
westward, according to her destination. That portion of the
strait between Possession Group and,Wallis ,Isles is quite
Blear of shoal water, having:a uniform-depth of seven fathoms
and upwards. ~ • • .
The spring ,tides betwee,n the Possession Isla sometimes
run five knots-pee, hour, the ebb .fivse hours,. and the
flood S.S.W.. seven hews; „, High.W*Teit.tultAntl change st
one o'clock: Rise and fall nine feet six iti*s,
CHARLES B. YULE, Lieutenant,.
• Commanding her MajestY's.ship 13r4ntle.

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