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and the whole coast-line forcibly reminded us of the 

 dreary shores of Tierra del Fuego. 



On opening d'Entrecasteaux Channel, we observed 

 a splendid light-house erected by Sir John Franklin, 

 on the S.W. extremity of Bruny Island, and which 

 serves to guide entering vessels clear of the shoals in 

 the mouth of that channel, formerly fatal to so many 

 a luckless voyager, wrecked within sight of the 

 hoped-for shore, upon which he might never set his 

 foot. The situation of the lighthouse appears ad- 

 mirably chosen, and it may' readily be seen in the 

 day time, a wide gap being cut in the woodland behind 

 it. In alluding to the great improvement in the 

 navigation of d'Entrecasteaux Channel, by the erec- 

 tion of the lighthouse on Bruny Island, it must be 

 remembered that we are indebted to the indefatig- 

 able exertions of Lieut. Burnett, R.N., who had 

 been appointed Marine Surveyor to the colony by 

 the Admiralty,- for a knowledge of the exact position 

 of its dangers. In prosecuting this service, I grieve 

 to say, his life was lost, by the upsetting of a 

 boat in one of those sudden gusts of wind which 

 sweep down the steep valleys on the sides of that 

 channel. This sudden termination of Lieut. Bur- 

 nett's labours has been deplored alike by the colony, 

 and by the profession of which he was so bright an 

 ornament. 



We entered Storm Bay after dark against a 

 strong N.W. wind, which quite vindicated the 

 title of the bay to the name it bears, and so much 

 delayed our progress, that it was morning before 



