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liis own boat. Both boats were provided with long bhie 

 lights, &c., to burn if necessary as signals to the absent 

 party. They went up the harbour as far as the creek. 

 A rocket was fired from the ' Cura(;'oa,' and a long light. 

 The moon Avas bright. They had not been gone more than 

 half-an-liour when the three boats were seen returning ; and 

 they reached the 'Cura^oa' at 9.40 p.m. Mr. Scudamore 

 explained to Sir William how it was he returned so late ; 

 he had been surveying and sounding, and having come to the 

 creek, he had followed it up, and discovered that the bay 

 was connected with the sea on the southern side of the 

 island by a channel that opened out into a splendid sheet of 

 water, in which there was not less than five fathoms any- 

 where he had sounded, affording a better harbour and 

 anchorage than where we were lying. He Avould have 

 taken advantage of this outlet, and would have returned by 

 the sea, had he not thought the Commodore would be 

 uneasy about him. Tliis survey' of his proved that instead 

 of there being one island, as everyone imagined, there were, 

 in fact, two islands divided by a creek. 



