Narrative of a Voyage Round the World : Performed in Her Majesty's Ship Sulphur, During the Years 1836-1842, Including Details of the Naval Operations in China, From Dec. 1840, to Nov. 1841 ; Published Under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the
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The port of San Diego, for shelter, deserves all the commendation that previous navigators have be- stowed on it ; and with good ground-tackle a vessel may be perfectly land-locked. The holding ground is stubborn, but in heavy southerly gales I am in- formed that anchors " come home," owing to the immense volume of kelp driven into the harbour. It has been stated to me by an old sailor in this region, that he has seen the whole bank of fiicus giganteus (which comprises a tongue of three miles i...n length by a quarter broad) forced by a southerly gale into this port. This, coming across the bows. 326 PORT OF SAN DIEGO. [1839. either causes the cable to part, or brings the anchor home. No vessel, however, has suffered from this cause. The chief drawback is the want of fi-esh water, which even at the presidio, three miles from the port, is very indifferent. This is strange, for I am perfectly satisfied that if proper precautions were observed in digging wells, the height of the penin- sula must furnish water.
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