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about four feet
Point U.
From Point U eastward the land varies in height and quality, first low and sandy, then rising from Cliffs of Maile to a moderate elevation; a flat of Mud & weeds runs off this shore half a mile, which renders landing inconvenient at all times.
Bay U V.
In the bay between U & V is a Salt Marsh covered with long coarse grass proper for thatching; from this marsh the land rises in steep maile hills, thinly dotted with small she oaks; and parched for want of Moisture one or two hollows retain the Marks of Water, which from the luxuriance of the grass still appear to remain near the Surface. A small sandy bay between V & W is the only tolerably convenient landing place from Point U to the entrance of the Lagoon at V. The tract of Maile ends near Point W, and the soil again becomes sandy to the entrance of the port; the Northern entrance of the Lagoon at V, is inaccessible from the shoal of soft mud that runs off a mile. The islands here are low & sandy - in the Southern entrance there is a good boat
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