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at several spots and a number of birds were procured ; a very large number of Fur Seals 
Arctoce'plialus were seen and six were shot, the skins and skeletons of which were 
preserved. 
In Port Grappler a derelict German steamer was found in possession of four Englishmen, 
part of the crew of a Chilian steamer. It appears that the German vessel was bound from 
Valparaiso to Hamburg, and that in passing through Indian Reach she struck on the 
Vaudreuil Rock and knocked a hole in her bottom, so her Captain took her into Port 
Grappler and abandoned her, taking passage to Sandy Point in a passing vessel. The 
derelict vessel’s name was the “ Karnach,” and being laden with silver ore, copper, hides, 
and sugar, doubtless proved a valuable prize for the salvors. 
In passing Eden Harbour the kelp patch reported by H.M.S. “ Zealous” was carefully 
looked for, but nothing was seen of it. Several patches of detached kelp were, however, 
passed ; had there been a rock off Eden Harbour marked by kelp, it could hardly have 
escaped the notice of the surveyors in the “ Nassau.” 
On the 5th January, at 4.30 a.m., the ship left Port Grappler for Tom Bay, at 6.25 a.m. 
rounded Bold Point, and at 7.30 a.m. Hamilton Shoulder. At this time a fresh breeze 
sprang up from the southward, making it necessary to use the third boiler. At 2 p.m. 
the vessel stopped off the northeast end of Madre Island, and a sounding was taken in 
175 fathoms, with the right extremity of Clanricarde Point S. 58° E., the right extremity 
of Topar Island N: 19° E., and the left extremity N. 26° W. Afterwards the trawl was put 
over, and a boat sent in shore to look for an anchorage close to the Trinidad Channel, but 
although there was a good inlet, the water was too deep for anchoring, so that at 
4 p.m. the ship proceeded for Tom Bay, in order to lay there whilst repairing a steam- 
pipe which had become damaged, and anchored at 5.45 p.m. in 17 fathoms, with Centre 
Island S. 60° W., East David Island S. 45° E., and Robert Point N. 61° E. There 
was a fresh southerly wind all day, with passing rain squalls, between which the 
weather was bright and pleasant. 
On the 6th January, at 4 a.m., the survey of Tom Bay was commenced, and the 
weather being fine, equal altitudes, circummeridian altitudes, and a true bearing were 
obtained, and several trigonometrical stations taken up, the boats sounding the outer part 
of the bay. Towards evening the sky became overcast and gloomy, and shortly 
after midnight the wind freshened and blew in squalls from the northward, so the cable 
was veered to five shackles, when finding the stern close to a rock awash between Centre 
and One Tree Islands, steam was got up in three boilers. At 8 a.m. on the 7th, the wind 
still continuing from the northward with dirty squally weather, the vessel was shifted to 
the northeast side of the bay, and brought up in 28 fathoms, with 90 fathoms of cable. 
In the afternoon the wind shifted to the northwestward and the squalls became lighter, but 
the weather was so thick and rainy all day that the survey could not be proceeded with. 
On the 8th January, at 4 a.m., the breeze having moderated and the weather become 
