264 RETURN FROM KIRKE NARROWS. Aug. 1829- 



was obtained on Point Return ; and in the afternoon, reluc- 

 tantly but anxiously, they retraced their way, and passed that 

 night at their former quarters, in Whale-boat Bay. 



On the 10th, at daylight, they proceeded on their return. 

 The wind was fair until they reached Cape Earnest, when it 

 drew right against them; and they had the unpleasant prospect 

 of a tedious pull to the schooner, with very little provision. 



The 11th was a thoroughly wet day, and the wind was so 

 strong from the northward, with a very heavy sea running, 

 that it was impossible to proceed. 



On the 12th, they left the bay soon after daylight, and hav- 

 ing pulled along shore a few miles, crossed Union Sound, and 

 gained the Narrows of San Benito, the wind being still fresh 

 from the northward ; thence they continued pulling until they 

 hauled up, after dark, in a bay, opposite Point Benito, and 

 waited till the morning of the 13th, when with a fresh S.W. 

 wind they made good progress, which was of the more conse- 

 (|uence, as their provisions were expended, although they had 

 eked them out with corvorants and muscles. At last, the sight of 

 the Adelaide rejoiced them, and they soon afterwards reached 

 her. Their appearance was a relief to all who were on board, 

 as they were becoming very anxious, and Lieut. Graves was 

 preparing to send the other whale-boat in search of them. 

 During their absence he had made the necessary astronomical 

 observations, and finished the examination of those shores adja- 

 cent to the harbours. 



From the 13th to the 17th, the schooner was detained by 

 bad weather, and the following day only succeeded in reaching 

 Escape Bay, in San Estevan Channel, which was found to be 

 a good and well-sheltered anchorage, although small. 



On the 19th, after angles had been taken on each side of the 

 Channel, the Adelaide got under weigh, and steered up the 

 Channel. At noon she passed the mount which they supposed 

 to be Sarmiento's Monte Trigo, and soon after, nearing Espe- 

 ranza Island, they sought for some mark by which to recog- 

 nise the Mountain of the Fox (' Monte de la Zorra'). In the 

 white part of a cliff, they fancied some resemblance to an 



