312 MALOLO. 
Since our return this monument has been erected at Mount Auburn, 
after a design by Mr. Drayton, by John Struthers and Son, of Phila- 
delphia. The opposite wood-cut is a representation of it. 
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 20th 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 
have been taken possession of by the natives, on learning that such was 
the fact. When such imprudence is committed, it is not surprising 
that so many ships that have gone into the Pacific have never been 
heard of. In many cases, doubtless, not one has been left to tell the 
tale of the many, very many, valuable lives that have been lost from 
over-confidence in these treacherous savages. 
This alone would point out the strong necessity of providing our nu- 
merous and hardy navigators with a correct knowledge of these 
islands, as well as those still further to the westward. 
I am happy to know that we shall enable the navigator to visit this 
group without fear and with comparatively little danger, if he will but 
observe a proper share of caution; and there is now open to him one 
of the best groups in the Pacific for obtaining supplies and refreshing 
his men after their arduous labours. 
The time having elapsed, the king was punctual in sending off such 
