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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, discovered 

 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 uninterrupted 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 finaUy escaped from the bays. Our tents 



