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sent him, made enough for twelve months, but 

 as a signalfor a strange sail was made, both 

 ships waited to know the event. The next day, 

 the Daedalus store-ship, Lieut. Hanson, from 

 America, arrived ; she left England with a 

 cargo of provisions for the use of the vessels 

 under Capt. Vancouver, and instead of bring- 

 ing the settlement any material relief, they 

 wanted assistanee, for she was to join Capt. 

 Vancouver at Nootka, or some of the Sandwich 

 Islands, in the following October. Lieut. 

 Hanson touched at New Zealand, and brought 

 two natives, both young men, from that coun- 

 try, to instruct the inhabitants of Norfolk 

 Island in the manufacture of the ilax-plant ; 

 they arrived in time to go in the Shah Her- 

 inuzear ; they were put on board just before 

 Mr. Bampton'sship sailed, which, alas! never re- 

 turned, as she became leaky and was run on shore 

 and scuttled in New Zealand. * On the 12th of 

 April, between 5 and 6* in the evening, an appear- 

 ance was observed in the North West part of 

 the sky, and seemed like a ray of forked light- 

 ning, had been stationary in the sky for a 

 quarter of an hour, but was not discernable 

 after the sun set. On a survey, made the latter 

 end of May, it appeared, that the officers who 

 turned their attention to cultivation, had 

 cleared and cultivated 233 acres, and had cut 



*' The shocking sufferings of several of those on board, will 

 be found in the European Magazine for May and June 



