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of the large nests that have been so frequently isso- 
before described. It was six feet in diameter. Sept. 7. 
formed principally of sticks, among which was 
found a piece of bamboo about five feet long, 
that had evidently been cut at its extremities 
by a sharp-edged tool, probably by the Malays. 
Whatever the inhabitant of this nest might have 
been, it was doubtless a bird of considerable 
size and power, to have transported a stick of 
such a length. 
The next morning, after Mr. Roe had sounded s. 
the strait that separates Eater’s Island from the 
main, we got underweigh and passed through it ; 
and then rounding a high island, named after 
Dr. W. H. Wollaston, we steered to the west- 
ward, through a group of islets, which were too 
numerous to be correctly placed in a running 
survey. To the westward of Wollaston Island is 
a deep bay, which, from the broken appearance 
of the coast at the back, there is some reason to 
think may prove the embouchure of a small rivulet; 
but, as it was not of sufficient importance to cause 
delay, it was passed with the appellation of Mudge 
Bay. In the evening we anchored off an island, 
named, on account of the peculiar shape of a 
rock near the beach, Capstan Island ; and, as it 
wanted yet an hour to sunset, we landed and 
ascended the summit, which, from its very rugged 
