160 PORT USBORNE. 



Mr. Bynoc wounded a large kangaroo ; wo gave 

 chase ; but notwithstanding all our efforts, and at 

 the expense of many a bruise, stumbling over the 

 rugged ground, the prize, almost within our grasp, 

 escaped, and, to add to our misfortune, one of the 

 small compasses was found missing, the strap that 

 suspended it having given way ; from this accident 

 the hill received its name. On our return to the 

 ship, we found Mr. Usborne had discovered good 

 anchorage in the cove we had seen from the hill, 

 which in commemoration of his providential recovery 

 was called after him Port Usborne. 



March 22. — It was a clear and beautiful morn- 

 ing, and the sun as it rose shed a glittering stream 

 of light over the placid waters of the bay, now 

 slightly rippled by an easterly air. All were early 

 and busily engaged in moving the ship into Port 

 Usborne. On our way we crossed the inner edge of 

 a bank seen from Compass Hill, in three fathoms : 

 Helpman's south islet bore at the time east three 

 and a half miles ; after crossing this bank, the least 

 water we had was ten fathoms ; this depth we found 

 in passing on the eastern side of the small, low island 

 fronting Port Usborne. A solitary overspreading tree, 

 and a white patch on its eastern extremity renders this 

 island conspicuous, and is of this importance, that 

 it guides a stranger to the only safe anchorage 

 among the islands on the eastern shore of King's 

 Sound. As a further guide to Port Usborne it 

 is situated at the southern extremitv of all these 



