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weig-h, passed on our rig-ht Reniiel^ Marsden and 

 Keat Islands^ and anchored three miles to the north- 

 ward of the last of these. 



Dec. lO^A.— AVhile g-ettrng- under weig-h^ a canoe 

 with a party of natives from Stephens Island came 

 off to us in a very confident manner, and at once 

 called out for a rope (Iciga), with which they made 

 fast to the ship. Among* them were two of the 

 natives of Darnley Island, one of whom, Dzum, soon 

 recog'nised me as an old acquaintance, under the 

 name of Dzoka, by which I had formerly been 

 known on shore during- the Fly's visits. They had 

 a few cocoa-nuts, and a little tortoise-shell for 

 barter, and were very urg'ent that the ship should 

 g'o to Campbell Island on her way to Darnley, 

 promising' us abundance of water, cocoa-nuts, yams, 

 and tortoise-shell, of the first of which at least they 

 could have had none to spare. In the evening- they 

 left us, after spending the g*reater part of the day 

 on board, with their canoe towing- astern. I found 

 the native names of at least three of the islands to 

 differ from those g-iven in the Admiralt3^'s chart 

 of Torres Strait from the Fly's survey. Thus 

 Nepean Island is Edug-or, not Oog-ar, — Stephens 

 Island is Ug-ar and not Attag-or, — and Campbell 

 Island is Zapker (nearly as Lewis makes it) and 

 not Jarmuth. These names were obtained under 

 circumstances which obviated the possibility of mis- 

 take. Dzum also g-ave much information reg-arding- 

 other matters, and enabled me to fix the limits of 



