264 Kennedy's expedition. 



a course for Eestoration Island. At 9 a.m., dense 

 masses of rain-clouds to the east and north-east. 

 The •weather became thick and rainy; shortened sail 

 to the topsails. At 10-30 a.m., the -n eather clearing 

 a Uttle, saw Restoration and Cape Wej^mouth; 

 when close to the former we had heavy squalls with 

 rain, which prevented our seeing the land ; hove-to 

 with the vessel's head to the N.E. ; shortly after 

 the weather clearing' a httle so as to enable us to 

 see the land, bore up and stood in for Weymouth 

 Bay. The rain now descended in torrents, lowered 

 topsail on the cap, feehng our way cautioush^ with 

 the lead; finding the water shoaling, anchored in 

 twelve fathoms ; at O'SO p.m., the weather clearing 

 a httle, saw Restoration, bearing S.S.E. ^ E., and 

 a small island distant about a mUe west. 



At 3*30 P.M. fine, and finding we were a long 

 distance out, weig'hed and ran in under the jib, 

 the Harbinger following our example ; as we ap- 

 proached the bottom of the bay the water shoaled 

 gradually, and when the haze lifted Jackey pointed 

 out the hiU at the foot of which was the camp 

 where Mr. Kennedy had left eight of the party, 

 and fi-om whence Carron and Goddard had been 

 rescued. We stood into five fathoms, and at 5 p.3i. 

 anchored about IJ miles from the shore; the 

 Harbinger brought up close to us. Made up my 

 mind to visit the camp in the morning, and endea- 

 vour to find if there were any papers which might 

 have been left and not destroyed. 



