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set forward at five A.M., and the men pad- 

 dled cheerfully along the coast for ten miles, 

 when a dense fog caused us to land on 

 Slate-clay Point. Here we found more 

 traces of the Esquimaux, and the skull of a 

 man placed between two rocks. The fog 

 dispersed at noon, and we discerned a group 

 of islands to the northward, which I have 

 named after Vice- Admiral Sir George Cock- 

 burn, one of the Lords of the Admiralty. 

 Re-embarking, we rounded the point, and 

 entered Walker's Bay, (so called after my 

 friend Admiral Walker,) where, as in other 

 instances, the low beach which lay between 

 several high trap cliffs, could not be distin- 

 guished until we had coasted down the east 

 side nearly to the bottom of the bay. When 

 the continuity of the land was perceived, we 

 crossed to the western shore, and on land- 

 ing, discovered a channel leading through a 

 group of islands. Having passed through 

 this channel, we ran under sail by the Porden 

 Islands, across Riley's Bay, and rounding 

 a cape which now bears the name of my 

 lamented friend Captain Flinders, had the 



