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weig'h; passed on our rig-ht Rennel^ Marsden and 

 Keat Islands, and anchored three miles to the north- 

 ward of the last of these. 



Dec. IQth. — While g-etting- under weigh, a canoe 

 with a party of natives from Stephens Island came 

 off to us in a very confident manner, and at once 

 called out for a rope (laga), with which they made 

 fast to the ship. Among* them were two of the 

 natives of Darnley Island, one of whom, Dzum, soon 

 recog'nised me as an old acquaintance, under the 

 name of Dzoka, by which I had formerly been 

 known on shore during the My's visits. They had 

 a few cocoa-nuts, and a little tortoise-shell for 

 barter, and were very urgent that the ship should 

 go to Campbell Island on her way to Darnley, 

 promising us abundance of water, cocoa-nuts, yams, 

 and tortoise-shell, of the first of which at least they 

 could have had none to spare. In the evening they 

 left us, after spending the greater part of the day 

 on board, with their canoe towing astern. I found 

 the native names of at least three of the islands to 

 differ from those given in the Admiralty's chart 

 of Torres Strait from the Fly's survey. Thus 

 Nepean Island is Edugor, not Oogar, — Stephens 

 Island is Ugar and not Attagor, — and Campbell 

 Island is Zapker (nearly as Lewis makes it) and 

 not Jarmuth. These names were obtained under 

 circumstances which obviated the possibility of mis- 

 take. Dzum also gave much information regarding- 

 other matters, and enabled me to fix the hmits of 



