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g-ot under weigh, ran past S. W. Cape, and anchored 

 in 22 fathoms mud, off a large island afterwards 

 named in honour of Lieut. Yule. 



Sept. 27th. — This has proved a very uneasy- 

 anchorage under the combined influence of a strong 

 breeze from the south-east and a heavy sea. At 

 one, p.m., we got under weigh in company with 

 the Bramble, and left the coast of New Guinea, 

 running to the westward for Cape York, in order 

 to meet the vessel with our supplies from Sydney. 



Next evening Bramble Cay was seen on our 

 weather beam ; being so low and so small an object, 

 we had nearly missed it. We hauled upon a wind 

 immediately but could not fetch its lee, so anchored 

 two and-a-half miles N. W. by W- from it. Great 

 numbers of boobies and noddies came about us, but 

 our distance from the shore was too great and our 

 stay too short to send on shore for bird's eggs. 



Sept. 29th. — With a strong south-easterly breeze 

 we passed to the westward of Campbell and Stephens' 

 Islands, the Bramble leading, and anchored in the 

 evening near Marsden Island. On Campbell Island, 

 numbers of the natives came down to the edge of 

 the reef, waving to us as we passed by, and inviting 

 us to land. There were many cocoa-nut trees, and 

 we saw a village on the north-west side of the 

 island, beautifully situated on the shady skirts of 

 the wood. The huts resemble those of Darnley 

 Island, being shaped like a haycock or bee-hive, 

 with a projecting central pole ornamented with a 



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