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the people were killed. 1 Many presents were made to this man, and he was clothed 

 and sent ashore in one of the boats. 



" 24^ July. Left in afternoon. Course W. Anchored at dusk, Campbell's 

 Island bearing NE. by E. to E. by N.f-W. 



" 2$tb July. Course S. by W.W., 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., and anchored among small 

 islands. Inhabitants seen on most of them, and two canoes visited the ' Chesterfield.' 



" 26tb July. Course W. Slow. 



" 2jth July. Morning, anchored, DUNGENESS ISLAND bearing W. by N. to NW. 

 by W.JN., 6 miles ; WARRIOURS' ISLAND NNW.^W., 8 miles. . . . Later in the 

 day, passed between Dungeness and Warriours' Islands [BASILISK PASS, through which 

 BLIGH had passed in the ' Providence ' ten months previously. R. L. J.], and 

 anchored. 



" 2$tb July. Course W. Passed TURTLE-BACKED ISLAND, THE CAP and THE 

 BROTHERS on one side and NICHOL'S KEY on the other. Upon The Cap (which 

 he called Fire Island, not knowing it had already been named), he saw a VOLCANO 

 burning with great violence. [The observer was probably deceived by a bush fire. 

 There is no active volcano on this island. R. L. J.] 



" At noon, THE BROTHERS [GABBA ISLAND. R. L. J.], with The Cap and Turtle- 

 backed Island behind, bore SE. by S. to S.E., 4 miles, and MOUNT CORNWALLIS a 

 N. by E.JE. 



" 2gtb July. Course NW. Noon latitude 9 42' S. 3 The Brothers bearing 8.64 E., 

 and Mount Cornwallis N. 38 E., and Turn-again Island N. 35-58 W. 



" 30^ July. Boats sounding. 



" ^ist July. Rounding TURN-AGAIN ISLAND. Noon lat. 9 32', long. 140 58'. 



" 1st August. Going NW. in afternoon, the ' Chesterfield ' grazed coral. 



" yd August. Both ships made SSE.fE. for TURN-AGAIN ISLAND for wood, 

 water and refreshments, while the boats should explore for a passage through the reefs. 

 Position of island given as 9 34' S., 140 55' E. Little ' refreshment ' obtained ; 

 only small quantities of fish, crabs and shellfish. Bampton contrived an ingenious 

 still for condensing water. 



" 2Oth August. Course for three hours, NW. 



" 2ist August. West. New Guinea coast visible. North-west end of a long 

 island, which was named TALBOT ISLAND, bore N. by E.E., 9 or 10 miles. 



" 22nd August. Steered W. from daylight. At 7 a.m., the ' Hormuzeer ' grounded 

 on a bank whence Talbot Island bore NNE. to ENE., in latitude 9 27' S. 



" 24^ August. Got off the bank in morning. . . . 



" 28^ August. At noon, in 9 26^', an island was discovered, bearing SW.f S., 

 5 or 6 leagues, which eventually received the name of DELIVERANCE ISLAND. 



" 29^ August. Course W. At noon, Deliverance Island bore SSW.^-W., 9 or 

 10 miles, and New Guinea NW. to N. by E.E., 4 or 5 leagues. Lat. 9 25' S. 

 Anchored shortly after. 



" ysih August. Noon, 9 21' S., Deliverance Island just in sight to SE. by S. 

 Anchored in afternoon. 



" $lst August. Course SW., with extensive shoals on starboard. Noon latitude 

 9 27', no land in sight. At sunset, no bottom at 40 fathoms. A swell coming 

 from SSW. announced an open sea in that direction and that the dangers of Torres 

 Strait were at length surmounted." 



1 " Hill and four seamen were murdered by natives. Shaw and Carter were severely 

 wounded, but with Ascott, the remaining seaman, they got into the boat, cut the grapnel 

 rope and escaped. They were without provision or compass, and it being impossible to 

 reach the ships, which lay 5 leagues to windward, they bore away to the west, through 

 the strait, in the hope of reaching Timor. On the tenth day they reached Timor Laut." 

 Note by Flinders. (Timor Laut, now known as Yamdena, is the largest island of the 

 Tenimber group. R. L. J.) 



2 Mount Cornwallis is on DAUAN ISLAND (9 25' S. ; 142 32' E.), off the coast of New 

 Guinea, rising to 795 feet. R. L. J. 



8 Flinders remarks that these observations are all four to six minutes south of 

 Bligh's positions. 



