80 SAIL FOR ENGLAND. 



and professional character of my late captain, yet 

 in common with many others, I cannot refrain from 

 adding" my humble testimony to his worth, by 

 recording* my deep sense of many personal favours, 

 and the assistance which was always liberally ren- 

 dered me during" my natural history investig'ations 

 throug'hout the voyag'e, whenever the more impor- 

 tant objects of the survey permitted. 



By this unfortunate event all previous arrange- 

 ments reg'arding- our future proceedings were 

 annulled. It had been intended by Captain Stanley 

 to retm*n to Engiand by way of Sing-apore and the 

 Cape of Good Hope, adding- to the charts of the 

 Inner Passag-e as we went along- the east coast of 

 Australia, and making- a careful survey of the Strait 

 of Alass, between the islands of Lombock and 

 Sumbawa. Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel of 

 H.M.S. Moeander, as senior naval officer present, 

 having' appointed Lieutenant Yule to the vacanc}^ 

 in the command of the Rattlesnake, with orders to 

 proceed direct to Eng-land, we left Sydney for that 

 purpose on Ma}^ 2nd. The Bramble was left behind 

 in the colony, and in addition to her former crew, 

 the limited accommodations of our ship were still 

 further crowded with the g-reater number of the Port 

 Essingion marines, some invalids, and other pas- 

 seng-ers, making- up the number on board to upwards 

 of 230 persons. 



A course was steered to pass to the northward of 

 New Zealand without calling- there, but shortly 



