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When the wind blows from the land and the waters of the lake are low a narrow sandy beach is uncovered and affords a landing-place for boats.
The shores of Limestone Bay are covered with small fragments of calcareous stones.
During the night the Aurora Borealis was quick in its motions and various and vivid in its colours. After breakfasting we reembarked and continued our voyage until three P.M., when a strong westerly wind arising we were obliged to shelter ourselves on a small island which lies near the extremity of the above-mentioned peninsula.
This island is formed of a collection of small rolled pieces of limestone and was remembered by some of our boatman to have been formerly covered with water.
For the last ten or twelve years the waters of the lake have been low, but our information did not enable us to judge whether the decrease was merely casual, or going on continually, or periodical.
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