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vessel ; as it was the survivors retired in confusion, 

 which was further increased by the discharg-e among' 

 them of a swivel g'un, mounted on a pivot amidships. 



At Goold Island, where the Will o'the Wisp next 

 went in search of water, they had another affray 

 with the natives, of whom several were shot, but 

 whether justifiably, or from reveng-efal motives, is 

 known to themselves only. Knowing- that the 

 Rattlesnake was upon the coast they proceeded in 

 search of her to obtain surg-ical and other assistance, 

 and, meeting- two of the surveying- boats, they were 

 directed to Rtzroy Island. 



Some parts of this account appeared so extraor- 

 dinary, and others so improbable, that Captain 

 Stanley felt it his duty to report it to the Colonial 

 Government, along- with the depositions of the men. 

 Some days afterwards, the master, whose skull had 

 been fractured, being- pronounced to be in as fair away 

 to recovery as was possible under the circumstances 

 the WiU o' the Wisp sailed for Moreton Bay, which 

 we afterwards learned she reached in safety. 



July 2Qt1i. — A party left before daylig-ht in the 

 pinnace and first g-alley, to examine an opening- in 

 Trinity Bay, marked upon King-'s chart. We 

 found it to present the appearance of a wide creek 

 running- through low mangrove swamps, and with 

 the eye could trace its winding's for the distance of 

 two or three miles. In all probability this is the 

 embouchure of a considerable fresh water stream, 

 but the shallowness of the head of the bay and the 



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