vessel, and the large bay between the 
mainland and the peninsula Fieurieu 
Hay. 
(Quickly following the several trench 
expeditions, and undoubtedly as a di¬ 
rect result thereof, came the first set¬ 
tlement of our island by the liritish 
in 1SU3. For many years the east 
coast remained unsettled, and some of 
the first white inhabitants were prob¬ 
ably sealers and winders. \\ ith the 
advent of ‘‘bay whaling” on a large scale 
several large stations were formed, and 
certain of these were in the immediate 
vicinity of th e camp site. 
As we followed the dill's southward 
of "The Narrows” we came to a small 
bay, into which a creek ran. it was 
in this bay that Gardener’s whaling sta¬ 
tion was situated nearly a century ago, 
whilst .11 the next bay, within the shel¬ 
ter of t ape Paul l.amanon, there was 
another station (Watson's?), the ruins 
of which were still visible when the. 
Rev. J. P, Cell visited the ln.-ality in 
1S45, and he refers to the shore as "be¬ 
ing thickly strewn with the bones ih 
many hundred whales whitening in the 
sun. 
it was on the shores of this nay that 
our party assembled for lunch, after 
which members visited t ape haul Ui- 
nianon, noting certain peculiar geologi¬ 
cal characteristics and also the rcmaltn 
of aboriginal kitchen middens on tlit. 
Point. Another visit was also paid 
to Prince of \\ ales Ray In order to give 
further attention to i lie site of the 
landing and the geological structure of 
the reef. 
As the shades of evening advanced 
various parties returned to camp, all 
being quite ready to greet with a cheer 
the welcome notes <of the cornet which 
announced the everting meal. 
I lie following days were spent in a 
similar manner, parties being formed to 
visit different sections of the coast or 
the more inland sullies and hills, for 
the ‘locality offered a variety of scen¬ 
ery and conditions of country, and the 
thanks of the club are due to Mr. Mur¬ 
phy for so kindly allowing ns tii camp 
upon his property. 
At one of the gatherings attention 
was drawn t„ the fact that the next 
Paster would mark the 21st successive 
Easter camp of the club, and there ap¬ 
peared to be a general feeling among 
the members that the occasion should 
be marked ill a fitting manner, and the 
hope was expressed that the club would 
arrange a "coming of age” camp to 
l’reycinet Peninsula (“The Schouteus”). 
The suggestion has been received with 
such enthusiasm that the club will doubt¬ 
less have to make every endeavour to 
give effect to it. Freycinet Peninsula 
and Sehouten Island afford splendid 
camping sites, as reference to earlier 
camp reports will show. L’he area is 
also of interest owing to the surveys 
carried out by members of Baudin’s ex¬ 
pedition, so tiiat the historical and geo¬ 
graphical observations made during this 
year’s camp can he profitably continued 
in the more northern area. 
With the advent of Tuesday morn¬ 
ing the campers realised that it was 
time to strike camp and return to rou¬ 
tine ways once more. Gradually the 
tents disappeared as they were taken 
down and folded away. A pile of camp 
impedimenta began to accumulate on 
the beach, and shortly after noon the 
siren of the Arcadia announced her ap¬ 
proach. Members gathered round for 
lunch, after which the camp impedi¬ 
menta was boated on board the motor 
yacht, and final preparations were made 
to leave. 
About 2 p.m. the anchor was raised 
and the return journey commenced. 
Soon the sandy shores of our camp¬ 
ing ground were left behind, and mem¬ 
bers settled down in preparation for 
the journey. After they had passed 
through tlie canal a slight roll was 
experienced crossing Storm Bay. but the 
lusty, if not strictly musical, singing 
of popular camp songs served to com¬ 
bat the effects of mal-de-mer which 
might have been fell by some mem¬ 
bers of the party. Hobart was reach¬ 
ed at 7 o’clock, thus bringing to an 
end another Easter outing. Looking 
back, the encampment may well be re¬ 
garded as successful, for it gave mem¬ 
bers an opportunity of studying na¬ 
ture’s ways in the open and collecting 
such specimens as they sought for, as 
„yvcll as providing a means of mem¬ 
bers gathering together in a social man¬ 
ner. 
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