THIRD NORTHERN CRUISE 265 



The " Rattlesnake " left the Duchateau Islands on 8th January, 

 and reached SYDNEY on $th February, 1850. CAPTAIN OWEN 

 STANLEY DIED there on I3th March, while apparently convalescing 

 from an illness contracted during the last cruise, and Lieutenant 

 Yule succeeded to the command. 



The " Bramble " was left in Sydney when, on 2nd May, the 

 " Rattlesnake " left for England, with, it may be noted, the greater 

 number of the marines from the abandoned station of Port Essing- 

 ton on board. The voyage to England was made by the north end 

 of New Zealand and round Cape Horn, and ended at CHATHAM on 

 yth November, 1850. 



