J 04 RETURN TO LORENNE, 



Indefinite communications were made that the stern 

 part of a vessel had been thrown up on the " Paerk " 

 shore, and that the natives of that coast had obtained 

 knives, pots, and guns, from the wreck. These news 

 were said to have come from Po-orten, whither they 

 were brought from E-mah-leen, the chief of the 

 islands near East Cape, about eight months since. 

 We passed the night in a small hut very prettily placed 

 on the cliff, about thirty feet above the sea, but the 

 picturesque exterior little atoned for the discomfort 

 inside ; hut, host, and all else, were models of filth. 

 The people were moreover brutish and rude, and 

 begged importunately for everything we displayed. 



Before continuing the journey towards East Cape, 

 which was clearly yet far distant, we resolved to 

 return to Lorenne for a fresh supply of provisions 

 and to communicate with Mooldooyah, who might 

 become alarmed at our protracted absence. 



Accordingly, on the 3rd, despite heavy snow and 

 biting wind, we started under the care of two 

 attentive and able guides ; reached the village of 

 Co-cone after dark, and remained there that night, 

 renewing our journey next morning in a lull, for the 

 weather was very bad. 



We reached Lorenne at an early horn', and were 

 received with delight by our faithful friends, of whom 



