426 CORNER INLET. 



number of dogs left by sealers, that had become 

 quite wild ; in a cave on the south-east point were 

 some fur seals. Two small islets front a boat-cove 

 on the north-east side, where there is fresh water ; 

 and outside these there is a rock just a- wash. The 

 summit of the large island was a most important 

 station; and with Lighthouse Hill at Kent Group, 

 formed an astronomical base for the survey. 



From Hogan Group we stood to the northward, 

 and were able to pass another night at anchor six 

 miles from a low sandy shore, and fourteen to the 

 eastward of Corner Inlet, which we found on exa- 

 mination had a bar extending off six miles from the 

 entrance, on which at low tide there is water for 

 vessels drawing sixteen and eighteen feet. A group 

 of islets, named from their utility Direction Isles, 

 lies in the fair-way, a few miles outside the bar. 



During the examination of this great useless 

 sheet of water, the ship lay near a small islet close to 

 the Promontory about seven miles from the en- 

 trance, which, from the abundance of rabbits, we 

 called Rabbit Island ;* I have since learnt that 

 these animals had multiplied from a single pair 

 turned loose by a praiseworthy sealer six years 



* The outer extreme of tliis island, in one with Cape Wellington, 

 forms a leading mark into Corner Inlet, but vessels should get 

 them on -within a mile of the island. These marks are of use 

 until the eastern and highest of the Direction Isles opens out 

 just clear of the others, when by keeping it in that position, or 

 steering for the middle of the entrance, a ship may be taken 

 safely in. The tide rises eight feet at springs, when the time of 

 high water is twenty minutes before noon. 



