from the N.W. or highest of the two rocks. In passing this reef, give the rocks above water a berth of two miles.

Tides. The flood-tide comes from the N.W. The rise eight feet. High water on full and change, 2h. 30m.

N.B. The tides are irregular: one day, during our stay here, it was low water 16 hours.

KING WILLIAM'S BANK, ISLE or Man.

Trinity-House, London, 2d Dec. 1835. NOTICE is hereby given, that, in compliance with the request of the trade, this Corporation has caused a Beacon Buoy to be placed off the South-Eastern extremity of King William's Bank, near the Isle of Man.

The soundings upon this bank vary from three to four fathoms at low-water, and the Buoy, which is coloured Red, and carries a Staff and Ball, is laid in six fathoms water, at low-water springtides, on the spot where Porter's Shoal has been said to exist, and with the following compass bearings, viz. :—

St. Bees Lighthouse

Bunks Howe
Maughold Head

North Baroole

Point of Ayr Light.

Burrow Head

W. N. W.

N. by W. W.

Note. The North Baroole, bearing from the buoy W. S. by compass, nearly shuts in Snea Fell, which, if kept open southward of Baroole, will be a safe leading mark in ten or fifteen fathoms water, in the event of the buoy being lost.

By Order,

J. HERBERT, Secretary.

THE SHEPHERDESS ROCK, NEAR HOLYHEAD.

Extract of a letter from Lieut C. Robinson, R. N. :—

"Whilst on the north coast of Anglesea, I obtained the life-boat at Kemlyn, and proceeded to examine, more fully and deliberately than in October, the position where the Shepherdess Rock (mentioned in the Nautical Magazine for October 1834, p. 585) was stated to exist; and am more fully persuaded of the nonexistence of such rock, having taken the opportunity of proceeding there at low water, and sounded in every direction about where the given bearings place it; but no change of water took place, neither is it very probable that a spot so near the shore, and with deep water all round, should not exhibit, at times, a decided overfall, which, ere this, must have been observed by the numerous fishermen alongshore, who I inquired strictly of, and they never had an idea of such a thing. The Liverpool packets are always cruising about the neighbourhood of the West Mouse, and they are ignorant of it. It is also laid down in the track of hundreds of vessels that come inside the Skerries, many drawing much more water than the Shepherdess, which was the name of the vessel stated to have struck on it."

TABLE XXVI.

For reducing Spanish Feet to English, and English Feet
to Spanish.

we now

COOK'S MONUMENT.

In our last volume we announced to our readers the departure from this life of the Widow of our celebrated circumnavigator, and present them with a sketch of the Monument which, with his discoveries, is left to perpetuate his memory. It is placed in Great St. Andrew's Church, Cambridge, and the inscriptions on it are as follow, line for line :

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IN MEMORY

Of CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, of the Royal Navy,
one of the most celebrated Navigators that this
or former Ages can boast of; who was killed by
the Natives of OWHYнEE, in the Pacific Ocean, on the
14th day of February, 1779; in the 51st year of his Age.
Of MR. NATHANIEL COOK, who was lost with the
THUNDERER Man-of-War, CAPTAIN BOYLE WALSINGHAM,
in a most dreadful Hurricane, in October, 1780;
aged 16 years.

Of Mr. Hugh Cook, of Christ's College, Cambridge,
who died on the 21st of December, 1793, aged 17 years.
Of James Cook, Esq. Commander in the Royal Navy,
who lost his Life on the 25th of January, 1794, in
going from POOL to the SPITFIRE Sloop-of-War, which
he commanded; in the 31st year of his Age.
Of ELIZABETH Cооk, who died April 9th, 1771, Aged 4 years.
JOSEPH COOK, who died September 13th, 1768, Aged 1 month.
GEORGE COOK, who died October 1st, 1772, Aged 4 months.

ALL CHILDREN of the first-mentioned Captain James Cook, by
ELIZABETH COOK, who survived her husband 56 years, and
departed this life 13th May, 1835, at her residence, Clapham, Surrey,
in the 94th year of her age. Her remains are deposited
with those of her sons, JAMES and НUGH,

in the middle Aisle of this Church.

On the small garter which crosses the trumpet (at right angles) grasped by the arm, is inscribed the motto

"Circa Orbem,

and on the scrawl under the shield bearing the globe is

"Nil intentatum Reliquit❞—

On the globe are lines tracing the shores of the "Pacific Ocean," which words are distinctly engraved on it.

The material is grey, white, and blue marble. Date of erection does not appear. The remains of James Cook were found in lead; those of Hugh were collected, and put into lead; the widow was interred in lead.

No. 48.-VOL. V.

*P. 431.

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