The wind was south-east and quite light, from the 11th August to the 17th, when it shifted to north north-east till about eight P.M. when close in shore near the southern of the two islands; it then blew off, with all the appearance of a regular land breeze. On the 19th it blew a gale of wind from the north-east, with a short, high sea; during the gale we lay at anchor off a remarkable point, connected with the main land by a low sandy neck; the ground felt soft to the lead, but it was probably rocky under the mud, as both ships lost a bower anchor by the cables being cut. This point lies in 37º 42' north, and 2º 35' east of the Pei-ho. We found the city of Teu-choo-foo to lie in 3º 4' east of the Pei-ho. The latitude observed in Teu-choo-foo roads was 37º 53' north, and the longitude 2º 54' east of the Pei-ho. The western Meadow Island bearing north. [Sidenote: Cheatow Bay.] The latitude of a small island at the north-east corner of the Bay of Cheatow or Zee-a-tow, was determined by the sun's meridian altitude on shore, to be 37º 35' 52" north, and longitude east of the Pei-ho 3º 45', or in 121º 34' east of Greenwich. [Sidenote: Oei-hai-oei.] The latitude of Oei-hai-oei was observed on shore to be 37º 30' 40" north, and lies 4º 25' east of the Pei-ho. [Sidenote: Variation of the compass.] The variation of the compass in the Yellow Sea was found to be 2º 16' westerly. The rise and fall of the tide at the anchorage of the squadron off the Pei-ho was twelve feet. It was high water at full, and change at III. The flood tide runs to the west-south-west, and the ebb generally about east and east-south-east. Its strength and direction are a good deal influenced by the prevalent winds. NOTICE TO ACCOMPANY THE CHART OF THE WEST COAST OF COREA. [Sidenote: Inadequate time allowed for so extensive a survey.] This chart extends from 34º to 38º north latitude, and from 124º to 127º east longitude. The time of our stay on the coast being only nine days, no great accuracy is to be expected, and this chart pretends to be little more than an eye-draught, checked by chronometers and meridian altitudes of the sun and stars. Under circumstances of such haste, much has unavoidably been left untouched, and what is now given is presented with no great confidence. [Sidenote: General remarks on the methods followed in the survey.] What follows is extracted from notes made at the time by Mr. Clifford and myself. The longitudes by chronometer have all been carefully recomputed, and the greatest care was taken in ascertaining the various latitudes. The true bearings are in every instance set down, the variation being allowed for at the moment. The variation of the compass recorded in this notice, was determined by two azimuth compasses, and the method recommended by Captain Flinders, of repeating the observations by turning the compass first one way and then the other, was invariably followed.