and at nine o'clock was very light from S.E. J?'--? Dur? the nis?t we made s!?t tacks. At ?our o'clock in tim morning, (lath,) the latitu? ? by the moen's meridi? altitate was 3? � IT', and soon .afie?anis ]?tlnest was in sight in t]? N.N.E. At six o'ck?k the sky was clouded, and the weather fim?enod to be bad; all sa/l was m?de off the hnd, as apl?mces iaii? a westerly gale: but af? an interval of two !?urs, duri? which we had a. fresh braze from N.W.b.W., the weather cleared up, mcl we steered towarch Reftnest Island. The ne?t momi? ? brig w? an?o? Off the north-, east end ? the i.]? in thirt? fathoms 8rS-, veily sand; and in the afternoon I went on shore, in a bay, on the east or leeward s/de, where we found the water smooth and the landing more practicable than upon the north side, where a tr?mendotta stlr? ? tel_ ling ill upon the .beach.. W? disturbed a great many seals, but only Ifilled three; and were much disappointed in fmding that these animals were not of the ?ur SiXties, as in M. de Freycinet's account of the iai,?n_& they are said to be; they were evidently the same description as those noticed at lGng George's Sound. The traces of a small iron.
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