to be tackled? We spent two days waiting to. cross, xaw altogether something over 70 sels of all classes and. nationalities lying anchored outside unable to in at all, he amount of time therefore money annually wasted in waiting at and sticking on and crossing the Bar would, one might suppose, baya hundred times the cost of making and keeping a clear channel suitable for vessels of all draughts at all states of the tide. Arrived at Tangka, which is now as far as vessels can go, we found that all the wharves were seized for war purposes and all merchwntimen had therefore to anchor in mid-stream. We were charged three dollars for being landed a few hundred yards further up. On shore
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