Historical.^ 



SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 



XXXI 



In 1905 Auckland Island was again the scene of a shipwreck. In March of that 

 year the " Anjou " was wrecked near Cape Bristow, but fortunately all hands got 

 safely to shore, and made their way to one of the depots in Carnley Harbour, where 

 they were found by the " Hinemoa " on the 6th May following. 



During the trip of the " Hinemoa " in November, 1907, with the expedition 

 which secured the specimens described in this work, fifteen men from the ship 

 " Dundonald " were found at the depot in Port Ross. The vessel had been wrecked 

 on Disappointment Island on the 7th March, 1907, and twelve men were drowned, 

 the second mate dying of exposure about a fortnight afterwards. The remaining 



Fifi. 11. — Hi'T ni'ii.T iiv Shu'Wkeckeii Sailoks or thk "Anjou" in Carnley Hakbour. 

 Used as camp kitchen by the Auckland Island party. 



fifteen had lived on this bleak and inhospitable island for about seven months, when 

 some of them succeeded in reaching the main island in a canvas boat of their own 

 manufacture, and in making their way to the depot at Port Ross. They then 

 brought their companions off Disappointment Island in the boat that they found 

 at the depot, and they all lived there in comparative comfort until rescued about a 

 month later. 



Again, on the 13th March, 1908, another ship, the French four-masted barque 

 " President Felix Faure," was wrecked on Antipodes Island. Fortunately no lives 

 were lost, and the whole of the crew were rescued by H.M.S. " Pegasus " and brought 

 to Lyttelton on the 15th May. 



