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wounded in the ankle by the discharge of a gun 

 which had gone off within a few yards of it. Mr. 

 Bynoe went on shore immediately to assist in 

 bringing him on board. The accident having hap- 

 pened several days ago, and the whole charge of 

 shot being buried in his foot, his sufferings were 

 intense. It was thought for some time that ampu- 

 tation would be necessary ; but though this was not 

 the case, he was maimed for life ; for which, in some 

 measure, he has been compensated by promotion and 

 a pension. By this melancholy accident the service 

 sustained a great loss, which was at no time felt 

 more than when it occurred. 



Mr. Fitzmaurice had fortunately, before he was dis- 

 abled, completed his examination of the coast be- 

 tween the Flinders and Van Diemen's Inlet, with 

 his usual praiseworthy activity. On leaving the 

 former he found that the shore trended N.47''E., with 

 a large inlet at the end of ten miles. This was 

 only examined a short distance in a south direction ; 

 but from the bank being thrown out six miles from 

 its mouth, with a channel nearly half way through, 

 it evidently disembogues a large volume of water, 

 aud we may reasonably infer it to be a river. It is 

 named in the chart Bynoe's Inlet. Seven miles 

 beyond was another inlet, with a sandy beach ex- 

 tending for two miles to the south-west of it. Five 

 miles further, the trend of the coast changed to N. 

 4" E., continuing almost straight in that direction 

 to Van Diemen's Inlet, distant twenty-five miles ; 



