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perils undergone by this undaunted voyager, and 

 our consciousness of the joy which the sight of 

 land must have brought to his heart, gave much 

 zest to our feelint^s with reg^ard to the locality. 

 There is always an interest in connection with scenes 

 associated with a name such as that of Bligh, but 

 to us the interest was double ; it was the sympathy 

 of seamen with a brother sailor's misfortunes. As 

 Captain King had not examined this interesting 

 spot, we thought his chart would be greatly im- 

 proved by our passing a day in the place ; this was 

 the more necessary as we found it to be a snug 

 anchorage and convenient place for ships passing. 

 The name of Restoration Island was given it by 

 Bligh, from the circumstance of his having made 

 it upon the anniversary of the recall of Charles II. 

 to the throne of EnMand. 



Jidi/ 9. — The surveying operations necessary to 

 perfect the chart of this neighbourhood, afforded 

 ample employment during the day. The weather 

 being dull, with passing rain, and squalls, the 

 view I had anticipated enjoying from the summit 

 of the island was quite destroyed. Like Cape Up- 

 start and Lizard Island it is a granite mass. Dead 

 coral was found on the western side, ten feet above 

 high water mark, a fact which in some measure sup- 

 ports what I have stated in connection with the raised 

 beach on Cape Upstart. A low sandy tongue of land 

 forms the S. W. extreme, leaving a narrow passage 

 between it and the main. This flat is covered with 

 brushwood, gum-trees, and a few palms. The ob- 



