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great mark of the confidence they placed in us. This 

 evening a shooting party of the officers went over to 

 the north side of the bay, having with them a small 

 cutter to convey them from place to place. 



Next morning, accompanied by Mr. Forster, I 

 went in the pinnace to survey the isles and rocks 

 which lie in the mouth of the bay. I began first 

 with those which lie on the S. E. side of Anchor Isle. 

 I found here a very snug cove sheltered from all 

 winds, which we called Luncheon Cove, because 

 here we dined on cray-fish, on the side of a pleasant 

 brook, shaded by the trees from both wind and sun. 

 After dinner we proceeded, by rowing, out to the 

 outermost isles, where we saw many seals, fourteen 

 of which we killed and brought away with us ; and 

 might have got many more, would the surf have per- 

 mitted us to land with safety, on all the rocks. The 

 next morning, 1 went out again to continue the sur- 

 vey, accompanied by Mr. Forster. I intended to 

 have landed again on the seal isles; but there ran 

 such a high sea that I could not come near them. 

 With some difficulty we rowed out to sea, and round 

 the S. W. point of Anchor Isle. It happened very 

 fortunately that chance directed me to take this 

 course, in which we found the sportsmen's boat 

 adrift, and laid hold of her the very moment she 

 would have been dashed against the rocks. I was 

 not long at a loss to guess how she came there, nor 

 was I under any apprehensions for the gentlemen 

 that had been in her ; and, after refreshing ourselves 

 with such as we had to eat and drink, and securing 

 the boat in a small creek, we proceeded to the place 

 where we supposed them to be. This we reached 

 about seven or eight o'clock in the evening, and 

 found them upon a small isle in Goose Cove, where, 

 as it was low water, we could not come with our 

 boat until the return of the tide. As this did not 

 happen till three o'clock in the morning, we landed 

 on a naked beach, not knowing where to find a bet- 



