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main deck port, and washed away a sounding platform and part of the head berthing. 

 In the first watch the wind moderated, and shifted more to the westward. 



On the 24th, at 2 a.m., the ship again stood in for the land, made Mount Campbell 

 at 3 p.m., and then proceeded for Cascade Reach, anchoring there at 7.30 P.M. 



On the 25 th the barometer low and falling, the weather outside looking dirty, and a 

 swell setting into Cascade Eeach, the ship steamed round to Betsy Cove, anchoring there 

 at 6 a.m., and it was fortunate that this was done, for at 9.45 a.m. a sudden gale from the 

 westward sprang up (force 8), which necessitated a second anchor being let go. The wind 

 was fresh and squally all day, the sky clear overhead, but the hills capped with clouds, 

 and the scud flying rapidly over in detached masses. 



On the 26th, the weather being more settled, with a N.W. wind, the ship left Betsy 

 Cove at 6 a.m., and worked to windward for Port Palliser, reaching Hopeful Harbour 

 and anchoring there at 5 P.M. in 15 fathoms. The dangers hereabouts are well marked 

 by kelp, so that the passages into the harbour may readily be followed with security. 

 AVhen opposite Hillsborough Bay it was observed that Fairway Island was low and devoid 

 of verdure, being evidently waterwashed. Henry Island and those immediately adjacent 

 to it are remarkable rectangular blocks readily distinguished. Harbour Island is high. 

 Several whales were seen during the day. 



On the 27th, at 5 A.M., the ship left Hopeful Harbour and worked to windward towards 

 Howe Island, in a moderate northwest wind with slightly misty weather. The clouds 

 collected principally over Mount Crozier, but above it, leaving its summit clear and 

 apparently blue sky to the southward over Royal Sound. At noon two whaling schooners 

 were seen standing out from under Swain Island, and the ship stood towards and com- 

 municated with them; and finding from their report that good anchorage existed south 

 of Howe Island, followed them into Fuller Harbour after dredging in 95 fathoms just 

 outside it, in Rhodes Bay. 



One of the whaling schooners was the " Roswell King " before referred to, com- 

 manded by Captain Fuller, a most intelligent and obliging man, who readily answered 

 all cpiestions, and gave the benefit of his large experience in the neighbourhood of 

 Kerguelen, where he had been engaged in sealing and whaling for nearly ten years. 



On the 28th the ship remained at anchor in Fuller Harbour, and the surveying parties 

 took up several stations on Howe Island and adjacent salient points, to connect the 

 southern part of Kerguelen with the northern portion. The early part of the day was 

 fine, and a true bearing and angles were obtained to the mountain ranges of Crozier, 

 Wyville Thomson, and Mount Campbell. The northern hills, Table Mountain, Mount 

 Havergal, &c., were also free from cloud, so that the triangles were completed, joining 

 Mount Wyville Thomson to Christmas Harbour. 



The wind during the clay was moderate, but the weather was very cold on the 

 top of the hills, rendering it wretched work standing in an exposed position by a 



