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buried it in a bottle under the root of a tree in the 

 garden, which is in the bottom of the cove, in such 

 a manner as must be found by him or any European 

 who might put into the cove. I, however, had little 

 reason to hope it would fall into the hands of the 

 person for whom it was intended, thinking it hardly 

 possible that the Adventure'could be in any port in New 

 Zealand, as we had not heard of her in all this time. 

 Nevertheless, I was resolved not to leave the coast 

 without looking for her, where I thought it most 

 likely for her to be. It was with this view that I stood 

 over for Cape Teerawhitte, and afterward runs along 

 shore, from point to point, to Cape Palliser, firing 

 guns every half hour ; but all to no effect. At eight 

 o'clock we brought to for the night, Cape Palliser 

 bearing south-east by east distant three leagues, in 

 which situation we had fifty fathoms' water. 



I had now an opportunity of making the following 

 remarks on the coast between Cape Teerawhitte and 

 Cape Palliser. The bay which lies on the west side 

 of the last cape, does not appear to run so far inland 

 to the northward as I at first thought, the deception 

 being caused by the land in the bottom of it being 

 low ; it is, however, at least five leagues deep, and 

 full as wide at the entrance. Though it seems to be 

 exposed to southernly and south-west winds, it is pro- 

 bable there may be places in the bottom of it shel- 

 tered even from these. The bay or inlet on the east 

 side of Cape Teerawhitte, before which we anchored, 

 lies in north inclining to the west, and seemed to be 

 sheltered from all winds. The middle cape or point 

 of land that disjoins these two bays, rises to a con- 

 siderable height especially inland ; for close to the sea 

 is a skirt of low land, off which lie some pointed 

 rocks, but so near to the shore as to be no ways dan- 

 gerous. Indeed, the navigation of this side of the 

 strait, seems much safer than the other, because the 

 tides here are not near so strong. Cape Teerawhitte 



