296 Mr, Goldingham's Report [Oct. 



On the 12th of June, Captain Crisp ordered the party to be 

 in readiness to embark on the brig Eleanor, the property of 

 the master-attendant of Bencoolen, but engaged, it was under- 

 stood, for the expedition — being too small for the party, an- 

 other but a smaller vessel, belonging to the same owner, was 

 also engaged. On the 13th, Messrs. Robinson and Lawrence, 

 with two Lascars, embarked on the Eleanor, taking some of 

 the smaller instruments, and having in view to discover an 

 island at the equator suited to the purpose of making the ex- 

 periments upon ; the conductor and sub-conductor also em- 

 barked on the smaller vessel. The cabin of the Eleanor was 

 found in possession of an officer and his family proceeding, it 

 was understood, to Nattal, and the hold was nearly filled with 

 bricks and lime. On the 17th of June, the vessels sailed from 

 Bencoolen roads for Nattal ; on the 20th a. m. they passed 

 Pulo Brinjen, and another small island south-west of the Poggy 

 Islands. At night a very hard and continued squall came on, 

 accompanied by thunder, lightning, and heavy rain ; the party 

 were obliged to take refuge in the hold, where, with the hatches 

 on, they were in danger of suffocation- — the wind adverse, and 

 extremely violent, drove the vessel so far to leeward, that they 

 were obhged to return to Bencoolen, where they arrived on the 

 23d, and on the following day, the smaller vessel returned with 

 the conductors, who had suffered a good deal by the violence of 

 the weather, in consequence of the state of their health, and had 

 the greater part of their baggage rendered useless. On the 

 28th, Captain Crisp came on board, and ordered the instru- 

 ments and baggage to be landed, and taken to Fort Marlbro*. 

 29th, Messrs. Robinson and Lawrence returned to their en- 

 campment, and recommenced observing — having chronometers 

 belonging to Sir S. Raffles and Captain Patterson of the Ho- 

 nourable Company's ship Canning — besides those with the ex- 

 pedition, to ascertain the rates of. Most of the party were at- 

 tacked with fever during their stay at Bencoolen. 



On the 21st of July, the whole of the party, with the instru- 

 ments, tents, baggage, &c. embarked on the Honourable Com- 

 pany's ship Canning, Captain Patterson; and on the 23d, they left 

 Bencoolen roads for Tappanooly, where the ship arrived on the 

 8th of August, and the party landed on the 9th, to the great 

 relief of the obsBrvors and conductors of stores, who, the diaries 

 state, had fared on board in a way they had by no means ex- 

 pected. 



The tents were pitched on the island of Tappanooly, near the 

 house of the Resident, Mr. Prince. On the 11th, the obser- 

 vations were commenced on a small rocky height at the southern 

 extremity of the island, near the Flag-staff. On the 15th, Mr. 

 Robinson and the two conductors, with Lascars, embarked on 

 the Eleanor, (which had reached Tappanooly before the Can- 

 w^) for Pulo PanjoDg, where they arrived on the J?Ut, Oq 



