When exploration began outside the civilised world, no such pilot could, of course, be found and it became the custom for the master to take the ship's boat and run a line of soundings on to one or more leading-marks until he found a suitable channel and anchorage.
Lathi lakuqala udubulo lwaqala ngaphandle kumazwe anokukhanya kwakungekho zinqwelo zamoya zifumanekayo yaye lento iye yadala yabasisithethe kwinkosi ukuthatha iinqanawa nezikhephe zibaleka ngapha komgca kukho nengxolo omnye ngamnye nangaphezulu yatsho yakhokela kubekho ebonakalayo oko de bafumane indlela nakwindawo yokuma iinqanawa