444 PASSAGES—STEAM—JEMMY BUTTON. May 1830. 
necessary to ply to windward all day, and every day, making 
half-mile boards in defiance of squalls strong enough to cap- 
size a vessel. A steam-vessel might answer in this region, as 
there is plenty of wood every where. Directly the noon obser- 
vations were finished, and the instruments safely stowed, we 
began our return, and as a fresh breeze sprung up from the 
westward, we dashed along with a favouring tide at a great 
rate. 
‘11th. Next day we landed, for dinner and rest, near the 
Murray Narrow, and close to a wigwam, whose inmates ran 
away ; but soon returned, on seeing us seated quietly by their 
fire. We bought fish from them for beads, buttons, &c., and 
gave a knife for a very fine dog, which they were extremely 
reluctant to part with; but the knife was too great a temp- 
tation to be resisted, though dogs seemed very scarce and 
proportionably valuable. Afterwards we continued our route, 
but were stopped when in sight of the Narrow by three canoes 
full of natives, anxious for barter. We gave them a few beads 
and buttons, for some fish ; and, without any previous inten- 
tion, I told one of the boys in a canoe to come into our boat, 
and gave the man who was with him a large shining mother-of- 
pearl button. The boy got into my boat directly, and sat 
down. Seeing him and his friends seem quite contented, I 
pulled onwards, and, a light breeze springing up, made sail. 
Thinking that this accidental occurrence might prove useful 
to the natives, as well as to ourselves, I determined to take 
advantage of it. The canoe, from which the boy came, paddled 
towards the shore; but the others still paddled after us, hold- 
ing up fish and skins to tempt us to trade with them. The 
breeze freshening in our favour, and a strong tide, soon car- 
ried us through the Narrow, and half an hour after dark we 
stopped in a cove, where we had passed the second night of this 
excursion. ‘Jemmy Button,’ as the boat’s crew called, him, 
on account of his price, seemed to be pleased at his change, 
and fancied he was going to kill guanaco, or wanikaye, as he 
called them—as they were to be found near that place. 
“12th. We continued our course with a fresh and favouring 
