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windbound in this dull place — the entrance being so 

 narrow that it is impossible to gain egress without a 

 fair wind. On the 3d, the hermaphrodite brig Louisa 

 came in from Adelaide. During these days of 

 inaction, to kill time, some would fish ; others go 

 ashore in search of clams, or raking for oysters ; some 

 gunning, some sailing, and others in search of shells ; 

 the latter generally returning wearied, and with but 

 few of the bivalves. 



On the morning of ]^ovember the 5th, Norman 

 Kinwood, a native of Manchester, New Hampshire, 

 was discharged at his own request, from inability to 

 do duty; he having been sick and oif duty almost 

 the whole time since we left home, with chronic 

 rheumatism — at times confined to his berth for weeks 

 together. All were sorry to part with him, but 

 thought it better for him to be ashore when unwell, 

 than to be confined to the narrow limits of a fore- 

 castle. For a few days he was much missed, although 

 a very reserved man ; still, it was one familiar face 

 gone, and we felt that our little circle had been 

 broken in upon. "We afterwards learned that he 

 remained at Albany several months, and then took 

 passage in a schooner for Melbourne, since which 

 nothing has been heard from him. We shipped a 

 new man in his place, and at 9| o'clock on ISTovember 

 the 5th, took the pilot aboard, hove up our anchors, 

 and in a heavy squall stood out of the sound, coming 

 to anchor in Frenchman's Bay. The Allen and 

 Wavelett soon after followed. At 5 o'clock we hove 

 up, a second time were under weigh, and with a 

 stifi" breeze stood out to sea, steering to the south- 

 ward until we were in latitude 40°, where we 



