78 MIAGO ON SHORE. 



the base of the range I have alluded to. Vampyres 

 of a very large kind were here met with, the furthest 

 south we had seen them. Miago had accompanied 

 this party on shore, though he evidently shewed 

 " no great devotion to the deed." They said he 

 watched everything, aye, every bush, with the most 

 scrutinizing gaze : his head appeared to turn upon 

 a pivot, so constantly was it in motion, with all that 

 restless watchfulness for which the savage is ever 

 remarkable. The heat to-dav either exceeded an 

 average, or else perhaps, as an invalid, I noticed it 

 more closely : — 



Degrees. 



In the sliade, on shore, it was ... 98 



Do. on board ..... 90 



Pulling off in the boats . . . . 118 



During the day, it fluctuated, between 88 & 94 



A breeze from seaward blew the greater part of 

 each night from W.S.W., hauling round to south 

 in the morning. 



January 20. — Our noon observation to-day enabled 

 us to fix the latitude of Cape Yillaret 18M8' 50", 

 which precisely agrees with that assigned to it by 

 Captain King. 



In the afternoon the boats returned with Mr. 

 Usborne, who had been unfortunately very severely 

 wounded by the accidental discharge of a musket. 

 It appeared that after a careful examination of the 

 bay, which ended as I had anticipated, in proving 

 that no opening to the interior would be found in 



