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were covered with the eggs of terns, of which isid* 
the boat’s crew collected eight dozen. On our Aug. s. 
return to the cutter, a turtle was noticed swimming 
towards the sandy beach at the north end of the 
bay, which induced me to send a boat’s crew on 
shore to watch its landing, but in this they were 
unsuccessful. At their return at night they re- 
ported having seen the recent marks of natives 
and of a dog on the beach. 
The following morning, Mr. Bedwell went with 9. 
a watering party to the shore ; the tide had, how- 
ever, reached the hole, and spoilt what had been 
collected during the night : after cleaning the hole 
again he visited our last year’s wooding-place, 
where he found some remains of our cuttings ; but 
the greater part had been burnh On his return 
to the watering-place, the well was full, and the 
party commenced their occupation: they had, how- 
ever, scarcely been twenty minutes employed be- 
fore a shower of large stones was thrown down 
upon them by a party of natives, who suddenly 
appeared on the verge of the cliff ; but as sud- 
denly retreated, upon a volley of musquets being 
fired over their heads from our boat, which we 
had previously taken the precaution of mooring 
off the shore, as we had done last year. After 
this our people continued their work without 
being further molested, although many other at- 
