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Mr. Wales measured the quantity eclipsed by a 

 Hadley's quadrant, a method never before thought 

 of. I am of opinion it answers the purpose of a 

 micrometer to a great degree of certainty, and is a 

 great addition to the use of this most valuable instru- 

 ment. After all was over, we returned on board, 

 where I found Teabooma the chief, who soon after 

 slipped out of the ship without my knowledge, and 

 by that means lost the present I had made up for 

 him. 



In the evening I went ashore to the watering, 

 place, which was at the head of a little creek, at a 

 fine stream that came from the hills. It was neces- 

 sary to have a small boat in the creek to convey the 

 casks from and to the beach over which they were 

 rolled, and then put into the launch ; as only a small 

 boat could enter the creek, and that only at high 

 water. Excellent wood for fuel was here far more 

 convenient than water, but this was an article we 

 did not want. About seven o'clock this evening, died 

 Simon Monk, our butcher, a man much esteemed in 

 the ship ; his death being occasioned by a fall down 

 the fore-hatchway the preceding night. 



Early in the morning of the 7th, the watering- 

 party, and a guard, under the command of an officer, 

 were sent ashore ; and soon after, a party of us went 

 to take a view of the country. As soon as we landed, 

 we made known our design to the natives, and two 

 of them undertaking to be our guides, conducted us 

 up the hills by a tolerably good path. In our route 

 we met several people, most of whom turned back 

 with us ; so that at last our train was numerous. 

 Some we met who wanted us to return ; but we paid 

 no regard to their signs, nor did they seem uneasy 

 when we proceeded. At length we reached the sum- 

 mit of one of the hills, from which we saw the sea in 

 two places, between some advanced hills on the oppo- 

 site or S. W. side of the land. This was an useful 

 discovery, as it enabled us to judge of the breadth of 



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