264 RETURN FROM KIRKE NARROWS. Aug. 1829. 
was obtained on Point Return; and in the afternoon, reluc- 
tantly but anxiously, they retraced their way, and passed that 
night at their former quarters, in Whale-boat Bay. 
On the 10th, at daylight, they proceeded on their return. 
The wind was fair until they reached Cape Earnest, when it 
drew right against them; and they had the unpleasant prospect 
of a tedious pull to the schooner, with very little provision. 
The 11th was a thoroughly wet day, and the wind was so 
strong from the northward, with a very heavy sea running, 
that it was impossible to proceed. 
On the 12th, they left the bay soon after daylight, and hav- 
ing pulled along shore a few miles, crossed Union Sound, and 
gained the Narrows of San Benito, the wind being still fresh 
from the northward ; thence they continued pulling until they 
hauled up, after dark, in a bay, opposite Point Benito, and 
waited till the morning of the 13th, when with a fresh 5.W. 
wind they made good progress, which was of the more conse- 
quence, as their provisions were expended, although they had 
eked them out with corvorants and muscles. At last, the sight of 
the Adelaide rejoiced them, and they soon afterwards reached 
her. Their appearance was a relief to all who were on board, 
as they were becoming very anxious, and Lieut. Graves was 
preparing to send the other whale-boat in search of them. 
During their absence he had made the necessary astronomical 
observations, and finished the examination of those shores adja- 
cent to the harbours. 
From the 13th to the 17th, the schooner was detained by 
bad weather, and the following day only succeeded in reaching 
Escape Bay, in San Estevan Channel, which was found to be 
a good and well-sheltered anchorage, although small. 
On the 19th, after angles had been taken on each side of the 
Channel, the Adelaide got under weigh, and steered up the 
Channel. At noon she passed the mount which they supposed 
to be Sarmiento’s Monte Trigo, and soon after, nearing Espe- 
ranza Island, they sought for some mark by which to recog- 
nise the Mountain of the Fox (‘ Monte de la Zorra’). In the 
white part of a cliff, they fancied some resemblance to an 
