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valleys to catch all that trickled down them. Beams of 

 wood;, required in building, were procured from the wreck 

 of the Martha Ridgway, which was lying on the reefs some 

 25 miles to the southward of the Fly's anchorage. By the 

 middle of September the party on Raine's Islet, which was 

 under the charge of Lieut, (now Commander) Ince, had 

 completed the beacon. This was erected after the design 

 of Mr. Moore, the carpenter of the Fly. It is a circular 

 stone tower, 40 feet high and 30 feet in diameter at the 

 base, where the walls are five feet thick. Internally it 

 was divided into three stories, each of which was partially 

 floored, and made accessible by a ladder. It was roofed at 

 top by a dome-shaped frame of wood, covered by painted 

 canvass. Its summit was thus raised 70 feet above low 

 water mark. A large tank taken from the Martha Ridgway 

 was placed at the side, into which a series of spouts were 

 led from the roof, so that it would shortly be filled with 

 rain water. Cocoa-nuts, supplied by Mr. Macleay of 

 Sydney from his hothouse, pumpkins, maize, and other 

 plants were set in a garden, and had begun to grow and 

 flourish when the Fly left. During the latter part of this 

 time, from August 14th to September 25th, the Bramble 

 was employed surveying Endeavour Strait, and a good 

 part of the ground between Endeavour Strait and Raine's 

 Islet opening was likewise surveyed by the Fly, the Prince 

 George, and the boats. An abundant supply of water was 

 discovered at Cape York, which was then and afterwards 

 very useful to us. 



On September 21st the Fly left Endeavour Strait, 

 touched at Port Essington on the 27th, remaining five or 

 six days, and then sailed for Sourabaya in the island of 

 Java. She arrived there on Oct. 19th, and was shortly 

 joined by the Bramble and Prince George. The latter 

 was dispatched to Singapore, to carry up some shipwrecked 



