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associates, we cause a monument, designed among ourselves, to be 

 erected to their memory, in the cemetery at Mount Auburn. 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the 

 bereaved relations of Lieutenant Underwood and Midshipman Henry. 



It was further resolved, that a committee of nine persons be ap- 

 pointed to carry the foregoing resolutions into effect, and that the 

 committee consist of the following gentlemen : Captain W. L. Hudson, 

 Lieutenants James Alden and Case, Dr. J. C. Palmer, T. R. Peale 

 (ornithologist), Passed Midshipman S. Blunt, Purser W. Spieden, 

 Midshipmen G. W. Clark and *J. Blair. 



Resolved, That the sum of two thousand dollars be appropriated 

 for the erection of the monument, and that the pursers of the Expe- 

 dition be authorized to charge the said sum to the officers and 

 scientific corps, in proportion to the rate of their several salaries. 



The subject of an inscription was referred to a future meeting, and 

 the committee was instructed to select a model from the designs 

 which they might hereafter receive. The meeting then adjourned. 



Another deserter from the Peacock was recovered, being delivered 

 up by the king. The amount, according to the regulations, was at 

 once paid for his apprehension. 



The Kai-viti schooner, Passed Midshipman Harrison, arrived with a 

 load of yams from Somu-somu, having on board the mate and cooper 

 of the ship Shylock, Captain Taylor, which vessel had been lost on 

 Turtle Island on the 21st of June. The mate stated that the ship was 

 run on the reef about ten o'clock, p. m., when seventeen of the crew 

 narrowly escaped in two boats, leaving eight on the wreck, whose fate 

 was unknown. The two boats reached Vavao in two days and a half, 

 without any provisions. Five of the seventeen, including the captain, 

 mate, cooper, and two men, joined a missionary schooner, and reached 

 Somu-somu, and thence the mate and cooper came in the Kai-viti to 

 join the squadron. 



William Smith, ordinary seaman, was accidentally drowned from 

 on board the Kai-viti during her last cruise. (See Appendix XVI.) 



On the 2d of August, a sail was descried off the island of Kie. 

 Lieutenant Budd was despatched with a boat to board and offer her 

 any assistance that she might require. She was brought in under the 

 pilotage of that officer, and was found to be the whale-ship Triton, 

 Captain Parker, without any guns or arms on board whatever ! 



Had it not been for the presence of the squadron, she would at once 

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