254 Kennedy's expedition. 



a course for Restoration Island. At 9 a.m.^ dense 

 masses of rnin-clouds to the east and north-east. 

 The weather hecame thick and rainy; shortened sail 

 to the topsails. At 10-80 a.m., the weather clearing 

 a little, saw Restoration and Cape Weymouth ; 

 when close to the former we had heavy squalls with 

 rain, which prevented our seeing- the land ; hove-to 

 with the vessel's head to the N.E. 5 shortly after 

 the weather clearing a little so as to enahle us to 

 see the land, bore up and stood in for We} mouth 

 Bay. The rain now descended in torrents, lowered 

 topsail on the cap, feeling- our way cautiously with 

 the lead ; finding- the water shoalhig-^ anchored in 

 twelve fathoms ; at O'OO p.m., the weather clearing- 

 a little, saw Restoration, bearing* S.S.E. ^ E., and 

 a small island distant about a mile west. 



At 3'30 P.M. fine, and finding- we were a long- 

 distance out, weig'hed and ran in under the jib, 

 the Harbing'er following- our example ; as we ap- 

 proached the bottom of the bay the water shoaled 

 g-radually, and when the haze lifted Jackey pointed 

 out the hill at the foot of which was the camp 

 where Mr. Kennedy had left eig'ht of the party, 

 and from whence Carron and Goddard had been 

 rescued. We stood into five fathoms, and at 5 p.m. 

 anchored about 1^ miles fi'om the shore ', the 

 Harbing-er broug-ht up close to us. Made up my 

 mind to visit the camp in the morning-, and endea- 

 vour to find if there were any papers which mig-ht 

 have been left and not destroyed. 



