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grey colour. A twilight star placed our position 

 17 miles west of Red Island, which corresponded 

 with the bearings at daylight. 



April 7. — The wind being still very light, we 

 were compelled to wait for the flood tide, which did 

 not favour us till a quarter past six in the morning. 

 The last direction of the ebb stream was north. 

 It was nearly dark before we reached our anchorage, 

 in 18 fathoms, one mile from Point Adieu : on our 

 way material was secured for laying down the 

 sea-face of the Champagny Islands. Red Island 

 brought to our recollection Captain Heywood, by 

 whom this part of the Australian continent had 

 been seen, and of whose earlier career a notice will 

 be found in Sir John Barrow's interestinof narrative 

 of the Mutiny of the Bounty. 



The soundings during the entire day, ranged from 

 27 to 30 fathoms, and the character of the bottom 

 was similar to that last described. Our observa- 

 tions for latitude did not verify our position by the 

 chart, though all its bearings and distances appeared 

 relatively correct. The discrepancy may perhaps 

 be ascribed to the effect of refraction, as we w^ere 

 prevented by the land from observing on both 

 horizons. The most remarkable objects in this 

 neighbourhood, were two hills, named by Captain 

 King, Mount Trafalgar, and Mount Waterloo, to 

 record in one hemisphere, two memorable events, 

 not likely to be easily forgotten in the other : 

 although assuredly the time will come when the 



