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chap. we found the wreck is the Osnaburgh of Captain 



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' — ^w Carteret ; and as it is equally probable, from what 

 ^ e 2 b 6 ; has been said, that the remains are those of the Ma- 

 tilda, it will be proper henceforward to affix to it the 

 names of both Osnaburgh and Matilda. 



A doubt might have arisen with respect to the 

 island discovered to the southward being Osnaburgh 

 Island, had Captain Carteret not expressly said in 

 his journal, that the island he saw was to the south 

 of him ; but this bearing put such a supposition out 

 of the question, as in that case he must have seen 

 the island to the northward also. I have, in conse- 

 quence, considered it a new discovery, and honoured 

 it with the name of Cockburn Island, in compliment 

 to the Right Honourable Sir George Cockburn, 

 G.C.B., one of the lords of the Admiralty. 



After we gave up the search to the eastward for 

 the island of Captain Carteret, we pursued the same 

 parallel of 22° S. some distance to the westward 

 without being more successful, and then steered for 

 the Lagoon Island of Captain Bligh, which was seen 

 the following day. On our approach several large 

 fires were kindled in different parts. The natives 

 were darker than those of Lagoon Island of Cook, 

 were nearly naked, and had their hair tied in a knot 

 on the top of the head ; they were all provided with 

 stones, clubs, and spears. As the sea ran very high, 

 we did not land, and consequently had no further 

 communication with them. The island is larger 

 than is exhibited upon Arrowsmith's Charts, but 

 agrees in situation very closely with the position 

 assigned to it by Captain Bligh. 



Two days afterwards we discovered a small island 

 in lat. 19° 40' S. and long. 140° 29' W., which, as it 



