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breeze from the southward ; steered to g'ive Fair 

 Cape a berth. I observed the entrance of a larg-e 

 river at the north end of Weymouth Bay. At 

 half-past ten A.M., passed Piper's Islands, and 

 steered for Young Island ; could not make it out 

 for some time, when we did see it, found it only a 

 small reef above water, not worthy the name of an 

 island ; such a misnomer is likely to mislead ; 

 hauled up for the reef M. At noon, abreast of 

 Hag-g-erstone Island, steered to g'ive Sir Everard 

 Home's Isles a berth ; saw natives on Cape Gren- 

 ville ; hauled in for Sunday Island ; the wind hg-ht 

 from the eastward; passed Thorpe Point, and 

 hauled in for Round Point. At five p.m., anchored 

 in six fathoms, mud. Bearing's »at anchor. North 

 Sand HUl, D, (conical hill), S.E. f E. ; South Wind 

 Hillock, (a saddle hill), S. -^ E. ; the remarkable 

 sand-patch, S.W. |- W. ; Jackets Pudduig--pan 

 Hill, W. i N. Got the whaleboat and crew ready 

 to start at daylig-ht for Shelburne Bay. 



On consulting Jackey about going to the camp 

 where the three men were left, he said it was no use 

 g'oing there; the distance was great, and the 

 country scrubby, and that he was sure if any of the 

 men were alive, they would be on the sea-coast. 

 Dunn, one of the men, told him, if Costigan died, 

 he should come down to the beach directly. I 

 therefore considered all that we could do would be 

 to thoroughly examine the coast Avith the whaleboat, 

 close in shore, and the brig as near as she prudently 

 could approach. 



