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long duration, would have done incalculable 
damage. A large piece of the banyan-tree 
was blown down, and the flagstaff broken in 
two pieces. 
" 1848, March 9th. Arrived H.M.S. Ca- 
lypso, Captain H. Worth. 
" 10th. At 9 A.M. Captain Worth, and a 
party of officers, landed ; and the greeting on 
both sides was most cordial. Our people, 
men, women, and children, are almost beside 
themselves." 
Many valuable and useful presents were 
brought to the island. The next day the 
ship was discovered four miles from the land. 
Captain Worth, Dr. Domet, and others, again 
landed. The Doctor wishing to inspect the 
hieroglyphics, carved by the aborigines, 
went down the face of the cliff without the 
assistance of a rope a most hazardous feat. 
It is stated that he was the first European 
who had performed it. 
" At sunset the Calypso sailed, carrying 
with her our grateful aspirations, &c. 
" 1849, July 1(M." A very animated de- 
scription is given, under this date, of the 
arrival of " the Pandora, Captain Wood, from 
