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Fly's work with ours_, and thus complete the coast 

 line of the whole of the south-east part of New 

 Guinea. 



We remained at this anchorage for upwards of a 

 week^ dui'ing' which a rate for the chronometers was 

 obtained^ and the Bramble returned. The weather 

 during' our stay was very variable and unsettled ; 

 rain fell on several occasions. The wind was 

 usually from the westward, varying betAveen N.W. 

 and S.W., and on one occasion during the night we 

 had a sudden and very violent squall from the 

 westward, which for a time was thought to be the 

 beginning of a hurricane, but the gale moderated 

 very gradually next day. When the wind during 

 the day was light and from seaward, a land breeze 

 generally came off at night, occasionally with rain. 

 The cause of this last seems to be the influence ex- 

 erted upon the winds here by Mount Owen Stanley 

 and the ranges connected with it, from which the 

 clouds accumulated during* the prevalence of the sea 

 breeze, are reflected after its subsidence. The low 

 and well wooded district between the mountains and 

 the sea receives the passing* influence of these 

 clouds surcharged with moisture, and the climate 

 there and in all the low maritime districts of the 

 south-east part of New Guinea backed by high 

 land, is probably always a moist one, little affected 

 by the prevalence of either the N.W. or S.E. 

 monsoon. The observations made during our last 

 visit to determine the height of Mount Owen 



