to obtain (here than at Resolution Kher. 
-Vear the lattir p'a. e cue of the rough 
shelters built 1 y the aborigines was no¬ 
ticed, ami also other indications which 
showed that the natives had recently 
been in the vicinity. Th? botanists of 
thigh's second expedition were .Messrs. 
Wiles and Smith, and they di 1 a large 
amount of et lie. ting wo k. Nelson, the 
botanist, wlm l ad \i i.ed Adventure bay 
with Cook in the R solution and Bliga 
in the Bounty, had survived the perils 
of the mutiny and the bait voyage, but 
died of fever at Timor. A pr iminont hill 
near Adventure Bay was named Nelson's 
Hill by ISligh, in honour of the late 
botanist, as hi* was the first to ascend 
it. The description given of the locality 
in the log is as follows:—"The hill lies 
S. lftdeg. K., three miles distant as a 
bird flies, from the west end of the 
beach. The top is covered with sm Her 
trees than the parts below, but non* 
of the forest kind, so that the summit 
of it appears to be hare. On the top 
of the hill is a large oblong rock, on 
which a dozen men may stan 1 with ease. ’ 
This is evidently the hill which is at 
the present day locally know n as Cook’s 
Look-out, but there appears to he no 
valid reason why the original designation 
of Nelson's Hill should not he reverted 
to. 
During the stay of the vessels in the 
bay Bligh had a small boat belonging 
to the Assistant carried into what he 
called “the lake.” This is now known 
as Cook's Creek, a rather misleading de¬ 
signation, as Cook’s shore parties were 
engaged further to the north. In re¬ 
ference to th • nome elature of Adventure 
Bay in general, it might well be noted 
that the glamour of Captain Cook’s re¬ 
putation has overshadowed all other ex¬ 
plorers, without regard to the true facts 
of the case. “Cook's Creek,” “Cook s 
Look-out,” and the so-called “Captain 
< ook's Tree,” ar? cases in point. Owing 
to the rough weather experienced, the 
work of obtaining wood and water from 
the Bountiy and tfesolut'on Rivulets li d 
to be discontinued, and on the Uth of 
February Lieut, Porllock was sent to 
examine East Cove (th? bay which is 
now generally spoken of as Dorloff’s 
Beach). As the surf was less here, the 
wooding and watering | arties were sent 
to this locality on the following day in 
order to complete the supplies. The bad 
weather meant more to Bligh than he 
realised at the time, for he states that 
had the weather been fair he would have 
taken the Assistant round in order to 
examine “the hay of Frederick Henry.” 
Had he been able to do so he would have 
forestalled the discoveries of D'Entre¬ 
casteaux. During the stay in the bay 
n number of trees and seeds were plant¬ 
ed, including ‘nitip fine young oaks about 
S inches high. They were planted in 
East Cove, on the slope of the hill on 
the left-hand side of th“ flat as you land 
about 2(10 or ."0) yards from the water¬ 
side. A little below the oaks are plant¬ 
ed five fig trees, three pomegranates, 
three quinces, and 20 strawberry. On 
Penguin Island and Crass Point we sowed 
fir seed, apricot and peach stones.” The 
ships sailed from the lay on the 22nd, 
but returned owing to a mishap to the 
Assistant, and it was the 24th of Feb¬ 
ruary before Bligh -ailed from Tasmania 
in continuation of his voyage, which was 
to prove successful as far as the intro¬ 
duction of the bread fruit to the West 
Indies was concerned. 
The locality of East Cove, therefore, 
is clearly of historic interest, and this, 
added to the charm of the scenery, makes 
the locality an ideal <'311111 site. Fri¬ 
day morning gave promise of a fine 
day, and plans were made for the camp¬ 
ers to visit localities of interest. The 
main party went out to Cape Connella, 
whilst smaller parties preferred to spend 
the day fishing qr on excursions to 
places nearer the cantp. The track to 
Cape Connella follows the mill tram line 
for some distance, and then branches off 
through some dense forest country, 
where the tall and slender king ferns 
(Cyathea) are to be seen to advantage, 
and the move common form of tree fern 
(Dieksonia) is to be seen in hundreds. 
We were fortunate in having as our 
guide Mr. P. W. Kellawav. of Bruny. 
who has recently opened up this and 
several other tracks in the vicinity, and 
was therefore able to point out the vari¬ 
ous beauty spots as we strolled through 
the dark aisl s of this cathedral of na¬ 
ture. Mr. Kellawav has a distinct eye 
for the beauties of nature, and. further, 
has a great faith in the isle of I’runy. 
