388 DEPARTURE OF THE MORAYSHIRE. 
Monday, 23d. Moderate weather, but the 
swell is heavy on the reef. One of the large* 
"boats being left at anchor by the wharf got badly 
injured by knocking her bottom on the rocks, so 
that in all probability she will become a wreck. 
This is unfortunate : however, we have still one 
large boat left, but I trust she will be better 
cared for than the other. Got some things on 
shore to-day; the ship having been off here 
fourteen days from the time of our landing, de- 
murrage commences according to the tenor of 
the charter. The Juno (for such the ship in 
the offing yesterday proved to be) came to an 
anchor at the Cascades, it being very smooth 
there ; but Captain Fremantle did not land. I 
presume his arrival will hasten the departure of 
the Herald, whose stay here is principally to 
see us settled properly and quietly in our new 
abode, and to superintend the embarcation of 
the Crown prisoners and certain stores. But the 
Herald had not been idle; she has had con- 
tinuous employment in sounding round the 
island, and has obtained soundings at 150 miles' 
distance, an anomalous case among islands in 
these seas. Captain Denham has constructed a 
beautiful chart of the island and its vicinity, a 
manuscript copy of which we have obtained. ' 
Thursday, 26th. Early this morning Cap- 
tain Mathers embarked. The Moray shire got 
under weigh, and proceeded for Van Diemen's 
Land. God preserve those on board ! At four 
P.M. Captain Denham embarked, and soon after 
the Herald made sail. The Juno also got 
up her anchor, but is not yet going to leave us. 
