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g'ot under weig-h^ ran past S. W. Cape^ and anchored 

 in 22 fathoms mud^ off a larg"e island afterwards 

 named in honour of Lieut. Yule. 



Sept. 21th, — This has proved a very uneasy 

 anchorao'e under the combined influence of a stronof 

 breeze from the south-east and a heavy sea. At 

 onC; p.m._j T\'e g'ot under weigh in company with 

 the Bramble^ and left the coast of New Guinea, 

 running* to the westward for Cape York, in order 

 to meet the vessel with our supplies from Sydney. 



Next evening' Bramble Cay was seen on our 

 weather beam * being* so low and so small an object, 

 we had nearl}- missed it. We hauled upon a wind 

 immediately but could not fetch its lee, so anchored 

 two and-a-half miles N. W. by W. from it. Great 

 numbers of boobies and noddies came about us, but 

 our distance from the shore was too g*reat and our 

 stay too short to send on shore for bird's eg'g*s. 



Sept. 2dth. — AVith a strong* south-easterly breeze 

 we passed to the westward of Campbell and Stephens' 

 Islands, the Bramble leading*, and anchored in the 

 evening* near Marsden Island. On Campbell Island, 

 numbers of the natives came down to the edg'e of 

 the reef, waving* to us as we passed by, and inviting- 

 us to land. There were many cocoa-nut trees, and 

 we saw a village on the north-west side of tlie 

 island, beautifully situated on the shady skirts of 

 the wood. The huts resemble those of Darnley 

 Island, being* shaped like a haycock or bee-hive, 

 with a projecting* central pole ornamented with a 



