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with lights on every dangerous or convenient point. To-day 



I made up a lot of cartridges, ready for operations on the Bar- 

 nard Islands, where I expect to find the beautiful and rare 

 rifle bird (Ptiloris victoriae)." 



Dunk Island was reached on the 4th, but it was after 



II p.m. before the N.W. side was reached, owing to the wind 

 dying right away. Anchor was dropped under a big rock 

 at the N.W. side of Dunk Island, where the Elsea rolled about 

 till four o'clock next morning, when she was under weigh 

 again, with the Barnard Islands in sight. The wind 

 freshened, and the islands were made about eight o'clock, but 

 an anchorage was not reached till after 10 a.m., owing to 

 sailing around two or three times, so as to pick up a smooth 

 one, and it was at last decided that the north-west corner of 

 the middle island, where it was moderately smooth, would 

 answer the best for landing. 



