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passengers left boat which was close to St. Rosa on very 
wild dark snowy night. Said captain gave them permission. 
Captain, mate, two sailors, and boy (young Grandi) were 
left on board. People on shore afterwards said they could 
hear cries, but thought they were made by seals. Bodies of 
captain and mate found a little way up beach, where they had 
crawled and been frozen. Two sailors washed up on shore. 
The captain and crew had been drinking, and passengers 
said there was a quarrel between captain and mate as to exact 
position of St. Rosa. 
( From B .) Dut chick (or Dechic ), kdshun ,* flycatcher with 
white breast, lives on beech trees and nests there. Dutchick 
(or Dechic ), kru y like kashun y nests in holes in banks. ‘Thrush’ 
= zorzal (Spanish). ‘Blackbird’ at Rio Douglas: both male 
and female dead black, including bill and legs; same size as 
English blackbird, and much more pointed and longer beak; 
eye black; not seen at any distance. Two flocks of parrots 
flying round rocks on Navarin. Too far off to see clearly, but 
sound very distinct. Apparently breed here. 
‘Jack-house’, 2 special house in settlement amongst the 
others, larger than ordinary. Supporting poles painted red. 
(End of entry in B for June 4.) 
June 5, Wednesday . Cold frosty bright morning with no 
wind. Early lunch; Ken, Enrique, Kwan, Jean, and self in 
cutter down Ponsonby Sound to a little rocky point a few 
miles west of Bertrand Island. Islands on way with a few 
sheep, and one with rabbits. Hoste Island away to west with 
Tekenika Bay, &c. Wonderful day. Very light east wind 
and water perfectly smooth. 
Rocky hills covered with beech to water’s edge, also 
SeverilloJ* a holly-like plant with very prickly leaves (fig. 6). 
1 Cf. entry for June 6$ elsewhere in B, ‘little wren-like bird’. 
2 Cf. entry for July 1, s.v. ‘Jack-house’. 
3 Identified from specimen as Berberis ilicifolia Forst., by Capt. Ramsbottom of 
the British Museum (Natural History). 
