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the purpose of visiting Elizabeth Island. On 
Friday, 14th, after a boisterous passage of 
three days, they landed upon Elizabeth 
Island, when they immediately set about 
wooding the ship, and exploring the country, 
which is evidently of coral formation. The 
soil is very scanty, and totally unfit for cul- 
tivation. Various specimens of marine shells 
are dispersed all over the surface of the island, 
which, in combination with the thickly scat- 
tered pieces of coral, renders travelling both 
difficult and dangerous. Water is found on 
the north-west part of the island slowly drip- 
ping from the roof of a cave, which cannot be 
reached without the aid of ropes. The island 
rises about sixty feet above the level of the 
sea. Eight human skeletons were also found 
upon the island, lying in caves. They were 
doubtless the remains of some unfortunate 
shipwrecked seamen, as several pieces of a 
wreck were found upon the shore. 
" 27th. Sarah Adams died from a disease 
of the spine, aged fifty-five years. 
"J)ec. 13th. Philip M'Coy and Sarah 
Quintal, Benjamin BufFett and Eliza Quintal, 
married. 
