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%th . — Heavy rain in the night. At daylight, renewed 
our exertions. Brought all the weights from the fore- 
hold to the quarter-deck, A bower anchor was laid well 
out on the port bow, which we had difficulty in doing ; 
and, by the additional purchase of a runner and tackle 
on it, we succeeded in heaving off. Until we had this 
anchor out, all our trouble in lightening was of no use, as 
the strong current forced the fore part of the vessel 
higher on the island. Employed clearing the ship, and 
restowing the fore-hold. We got under weigh in the 
evening, but only proceeded sufficiently far, to be out of 
the influence of the noxious exhalations. The river rose 
very fast, and nearly all the end of the island on which 
we grounded, was under water. The few huts on the 
spot were rendered uninhabitable, their foundations 
sapped, and some thrown down by the flood. 
Among the reeds, which yet appeared on parts of 
English Island, a very beautiful and new species of 
Sultana, or water-hen, was procured — the Porphyria 
Allenii, since figured in D. W. Mitchell’s splendid work 
on Ornithology. The prevailing colours of this bird 
were rich dark green above, softening off into violet ; 
the upper part of head, deep violet, breast blue, and 
vent, white. The plumage of the young bird is brown. 
