Jan. 

 1826. 



PACIFIC AND BEERING'S STRAIT. 215 



This island, the north end of which is situated in C ^ T P * 

 latitude 20° 45' 07'' S. s and longitude 4° 07' 48" 

 West, of Gambier Island, I named Barrow Island, 

 in compliment to the Secretary of the Admiralty, 

 whose literary talents and zeal for the promotion of 

 geographical science have been long known to the 

 world. 



The party on shore succeeded in the course of a Feb l 

 few hours in collecting a tolerable supply of hard 

 wood, very well adapted for fuel, and some brooms, 

 after which we beat to windward in search of Carys- 

 fort Island ; and at four o'clock in the afternoon 

 had the satisfaction to see land in that direction ; 

 but, in consequence of a strong current setting to 

 the southward, we did not get near it until the 

 afternoon of the following day. It answered in 

 every respect to Captain Edwards's description of 

 Carysfort Island. The strip of land is so low, that 

 the sea, in several places, washes into the lagoon. 

 Like all the other islands of this formation we had 

 visited, the weather side and the points of the island 

 were most wooded, but the vegetation was on the 

 whole scanty. There is no danger near this island. 

 The outer part of the bank descends abruptly as 

 follows : at sixty yards from the breakers, 5 fathoms 

 water 



Eighty yards . . 13 ditto 

 One hundred and twenty do. 18 ditto 

 Two hundred yards . 24 ditto 

 On the edge of the bank immediately after, no bot- 

 tom with 35 fathoms. 



During the night we stood quietly to the south- 

 ward in search of Matilda Rocks and Osnaburgh 

 Island. At daylight we saw large flocks of tern, 

 and at eleven o'clock land was reported bearing 



