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1831. an hour : in consequence of which we determined 
[Sept. 25 . upon going round the south side, and bore up 
for that purpose; upon approaching the land, we 
found another current setting us to the north, 
26 . The next morning at nine o’clock, we passed 
round the Morne Brabant, the south-west point 
of the island, but it was four o’clock before we 
reached our anchorage, (at a cable’s length, 
within the flag beacon, at the entrance of Port 
Louis,) in fifteen fathoms mud ; we were then 
visited by the Plealth Officer, and afterwards 
by a boat from H. M. Ship Menai, which was 
at anchor in the port; but as it was too late 
that evening to enter, the brig was not moved 
27 . until the following morning, when she was 
warped in and moored head and stern within 
the harbour. 
My wants were immediately made known to 
Captain Moresby, C.B. (of H. M. Ship Menai,) 
who directed the necessary repairs to be per- 
formed by the carpenters of his ship ; those ar- 
ticles 'which could not be supplied from the 
Menai’s stores, were advertised for in the Mau- 
ritius Gazette, when the most reasonable tenders 
were accepted. 
As many of the carpenters and caulkers of 
the Menai as could be spared from their other 
occupations, were daily employed upon our re- 
