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ESTABLISHMENT AT SUPPLY BAY. 



It was at first thought to be possible to establish a station on Heard Island 

 which should depend, as regards longitude and base of operations, upon the 

 head station on Kerguelen Island. Lieutenants Cyril Corbet and Gr. Elmsley 

 Coke, R.N., accompanied the expedition under the Reverend S. J. Perry 

 with this object in view, and also to conduct the chronometric connections. 



After the arrival of the Expedition in Kerguelen Island, it was found that 

 the idea of occupying Heard Island must be abandoned. Not only were the 

 reports of the masters of the sealing vessels very unfavourable, but it was 

 doubtful whether the amount of fuel carried by the ships would be sufficient 

 for the trips to be made for the longitude connection. 



Mr. Corbet, therefore, assisted by Staff Commander Inglis, R.N., com- 

 manding H.M.S. Supply, explored the S.W. portion of Royal Sound ; and 

 having fixed upon a sheltered inlet (near to the isthmus called " Swain's 

 Haulover "), which he named " Supply Bay," for the position of his station (see 

 the map, Plate XVI.), he proceeded to establish an independent observatory 

 there. 



They arrived on their ground in the Supply, 1874, November 5 ; and, with 

 assistance from the ships, the little station (consisting of a dwelling-house, 

 observatory, and storehouse) was built and equipped by November 11, when 

 the Supply returned to the better anchorage, leaving at the new station 

 Sub-Lieut. Baynes, a servant, and a cook. 



To establish a record of the locality, Lieut. Corbet subsequently took the 

 following bearings from the Transit Instrument : 



Cross bearings, corrected to the Astronomical Meridian, taken from the Transit Instrument. 



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Extreme of Island in the center of Harbour, at high water S. 89. 3o. E. 



Do. do. do. S. 77. o. E. 



Point at Southern entrance to Harbour S. 72. 40. E. 



Extreme of a bold lump on the top of the Hill to the Southward. The 

 lump being about the highest spot to the Southward, of bold rock, 



with a little lichen over it S. 6. 3o. E. 



Extreme of the highest bold cliff on the top of the hills to the West and 



N. West N. 46. o. W. 



Mount Wyville Thompson S. 79. 40. E. 



[The attached symbols in the MS. appear to denote that No. i was at the left hand, and 

 Nos. 2, 4, 5 at the right hand. G. B. A.] 



