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1820. The other huts were made somewhat of a si- 
Oct. 8 . milar construction, as they are represented in 
the wood-cut, but all differed in shape : it did not 
appear that they had been very recently inha- 
bited, for the greater part of the thatch was burnt. 
The natives did not make their appearance 
during our stay; and, although an interview 
with them would have afforded us both amuse- 
ment and information, yet their absence was 
perhaps more desirable, since all our provisions 
and stores were on shore ; and their intimacy 
would probably have produced a quarrel, which, 
for our own sakes as well as for the safety of 
future visitors, was best avoided. 
The fire-places near them were strewed with 
the nuts of the sago palm, the fruit of which ap- 
pears to be generally eaten by the natives of the 
north and north-west coasts. 
9. On the 9th we left Careening Bay ; and, passing 
out between Cape Brewster and the Coronation 
Islands, entered a spacious sound, which was 
called Brunswick Bay, in honour of that illus- 
trious house. From Cape Brewster the land ex- 
tended for six miles to Cape Wellington, round 
which there appeared to be a communication 
with the water seen over the hills of Careening 
Bay. 
In front of the bay a cluster of islands extends 
