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of the same formation as those on Sims’ Island; isis. 
on the largest was deposited a bottle containing Aprit. 
a record on parchment of our visit. On this rock 
all our observations were taken, excepting a few 
at the south end of the sandy beach, before the 
natives shewed themselves: the longitude of 
Bottle Rock was subsequently determined to be 
133° 19' 40''*. 
We left South-West Bay on the 4th, and the 
following morning anchored in a bay on the west 
side of North Island, and on the 6th we com- «• 
menced cutting our wood from a group of casu- 
arinas that grew close to the beach. 
In the afternoon, when our party returned on 
board to dinner, some natives were perceived 
examining our wooding-place, but our late expe- 
rience had taught us the precaution of bringing 
our tools away, to prevent any further occasion 
of quarrel. They did not stop long but walked on, 
as if they had some other object ; at about forty 
yards farther they halted again, and concealing 
themselves as they thought behind a bank, they 
watched us for half an hour; after which they 
walked away and disappeared among the trees. 
On our revisiting the shore, we traced their 
steps through the grass, and came up with a 
* Vide Appendix, A« Sec, 2, 
