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not returned, they hailed their companions several isig. 
times, but not being answered, they asked for a April 25. 
musquet, and fired it in the direction of their 
boat; this had the desired effect, and it very 
shortly came alongside, but the crew had not 
been successful, for they had caught only two 
small fishes which were presented to us: they 
then took leave, repeatedly assuring us that the 
next morning they would pay us another visit ; 
but, without waiting for the honour they intended 
us, we got under weigh, early and left them 26 • 
to comment as they pleased upon our disap- 
pointing them of the gunpowder, which, to get 
rid of them, we had promised to give them the 
next morning. 
Being under sail, we steered to the W.S.W., 
until the land opened round Cape Don in an 
east-northerly direction for eight miles, and then 
the coast trended to the south-eastward under 
Mounts Bedwell and Roe, where the land was 
lost to view. To the westward the land was ob- 
served trending in a north and south direction, 
and bore the appearance of being an island. 
The ebb now commenced setting out, and al- 
though we were going three knots through the 
water, we made no progress over the ground. 
Seven miles WbS. from Cape Don, we sounded 
in fifty fathoms on a bottom of branch- coral, and 
