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quiet Sunday ; but the rollers would not suffer us to 
be quite at rest. Heayy torrents of rain made us 
anxious to get away, especially as this did not prove 
to be so good a halting-place for the sick to recover as 
had been anticipated. Though most of our new cases 
were of a slight nature, one had taken a turn for the 
worse, and was in great danger. 
October ^Qth . — Took the vessel over again to the 
inlet to complete the water. We filled the tanks 
very easily in the afternoon, by leading a hose from 
the little stream to the boats, as the unceasing swell 
rendered it difficult for the men to carry the baricoes 
backwards and forwards, and it was necessary for the 
safety of the boat to have her lying at a little dis- 
tance. The ‘ Wilberforce’ was anchored very close to 
the rocks in five fathoms, the trips were therefore 
made quickly, notwithstanding the torrents of rain 
which fell. This however, did not suspend the 
exertions of the Krumen, who work cheerfully in either 
sun or rain. As the neighbouring beach at Rollas is 
covered with broken shells in great variety, we tried 
whether anything could be brought up from the bot- 
tom by means of the trawl ; but after seeking in every 
direction, we only succeeded in bringing up one shell, 
— a murex, and some pieces of coral, which the iron 
dredge broke off the bottom, dragging with them also 
bits of tufa, the habitations of small mollusca. 
October 26 ^A. — Cloudy morning, weighed at day- 
light, and stood back to Rollas, where, as it is pro- 
