386 A JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



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Esquimaux, and the skull of a man placed between two rocks. 

 The fog dispersed at noon, and we discerned a group of islands to 

 the northward, which I have named after Vice- Admiral Sir George 

 Cockburn, one of the Lords of the Admiralty. Re-embarking, we 

 rounded the point and entered Walker's Bay, where, as in other 

 instances, the low beach which lay between several high trap cliffs, 

 could not be distinguished until we had coasted down the east side 

 nearly to the bottom of the bay. When the continuity of the land 

 was perceived, we crossed to the western shore, and on landing, dis- 

 covered a channel leading through a group of islands. Having passed 

 through this channel, we ran under sail by the Porden Islands? 

 across Riley's Bay, and rounding a cape which now bears the name 

 of my lamented friend Captain Flinders, had the pleasure to find 

 the coast trending north-north-east, with the sea in the offing 

 unusually clear of islands ; a circumstance which afforded matter of 

 wonder to our Canadians, who had not previously had an uninter- 

 rupted view of the ocean. 



Our course was continued along the coast until eight P. M., when 



a change in the wind and a threatening thunder squall induced us 

 to encamp; but the water was so shallow, that we found some 

 difficulty in approaching the shore. Large pieces of drift wood gave 

 us assurance that we had finally escaped from the bays. Our tents 

 were scarcely pitched before we were assailed by a heavy squall and 

 rain, which was succeeded by a violent gale from west-north-west ; 

 which thrice overset the tents in the course of the night. The wind 

 blew with equal violence on the following day, and the sea rolled 

 furiously upon the Jbeach. The Canadians had now an opportunity 

 of witnessing the effect of a storm upon the sea; and the sight 

 increased their desire of quitting it. 



Our hunters were sent out, and saw many deer, but the flatness 

 of the country defeated their attempts to approach them; they 



