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rope. By this means the whole were rescued from their 
perilous situation. 
The dingy was picked up about fifty yar ds from the 
spot with a hole two-feet square. 
Mr. Kinghorn lost his compass, Captain Butler his 
cloak and a glove, the Commissary his cloak, double- 
barrelled gun, and his cap : as he was the greatest loser, 
the Commandant named the place after him. None of 
the articles were ever found. 
Facing the settlement, and not far from Gordon’s 
Biver, is “ Birch’s Inlet,” a bay of some miles in depth, 
on the borders of which Captain Butler had marked a spot 
very eligible for a township, should this part of the 
country ever be inhabited. 
At the head of this bay is a small stream, called Sorell 
Biver, running from beneath the D’Aguilar Tier, one of 
the highest points of which was named Mount Discovery 
by Captain Butler after a visit there on another exploring 
excursion. 
Beturning towards the settlement after passing Bum 
Point, we come to a pretty island, devoted to the graves 
of the prisoners who died at the settlement. These are 
neatly disposed in rows, each grave having a post with 
the initials of its occupant. In cases where men have 
been murdered or drowned, the particulars of their death 
were added. This place was named Holliday Island, not 
from an idea that death released the poor fellows from 
their labours, but because such was the name of the first 
man interred on the spot. Not far from the island is a 
little bay, and from a stream which runs into it the water 
was procured for the supply of the settlement. 
