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tain 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 IQth" A very animated descrip- 
tion is given, under this date, of the arrival of 
" the Pandora, Captain Wood, from Oahu and 
Tahiti, bringing us Mr. Buffett back, who left 
us for the Sandwich Islands last summer. 
" July llth. This evening Captain Wood 
left us to our great regret ; for though our ac- 
quaintance was but of two days' duration, the 
urbanity of Captain Wood, and his solicitude 
for our welfare, have made a deep and, we hope, 
a lasting impression on our hearts. That the 
good ship, Pandora, and all her gallant crew, 
may escape the perils of the deep, and before 
many months have elapsed, show her number 
some early day at Spithead, is the wish of their 
friends residing on the rock of the West. 
" Aug. 9th. The inhabitants are slowly re- 
covering from the epidemic which has pervaded 
the island during the last month. So general 
was the attack, that the public school has been 
discontinued, and public service but once per- 
formed on each Sabbath, in consequence ; the 
teacher being fully employed attending the sick. 
" llth. Arrived, H.M.S. Daphne, Captain 
Fanshawe, from Valparaiso, ma Callao, bringing 
the desiderata of the community, viz. a bull, 
