254 Kennedy's expedition. 



a course for Eestoration Island. At 9 a.m., dense 

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

 The T^•eather became thick and rain}-; shortened sail 

 to the topsails. At 10-.30 a.m., the weather clearing- 

 a little, saw Eestoration and Cape AVeymouth; 

 when close to the former we had heavy squalls with 

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

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

 the weather clearinof a little so as to enable us to 

 see the land, bore up and stood in for Weymouth 

 Bay. The rain now descended in torrents, lowered 

 topsail on the cap, feeling- our way cautiously with 

 the lead; finding* the water shoaling-, anchored in 

 twelve fathoms ; at 0*30 p.m., the weather clearing* 

 a little, saw Eestoration, bearing* S.S.E. J 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-radualh', 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 part}^, 

 and from whence Carron and Goddard had been 

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

 anchored about 1 J miles from the shore j 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. 



