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 not returned, they hailed their companions several Iss. times, but not being answered, they askec for a musquet, and fired it in the  direction of their boat; this had the desired effect, and it very shortly camo. alongside, but the crew had not been successful,' for they had caught only two small fishes which were presented to us: they en took leave, repeatedly assuring us that the next ,morning they would pay us another visit; but, without waiting for the honour they intended us,. we got under weigh, early and lei them to comment as they pleased upon our disap- pointing them of the gunpowder, which, to get rid of them, we had promised to give them the next morning. Being under sail, we steered to the W.S.W., antil the land opened round Cape Don in an east-northerly direction for eight miles, and then the coast, trended to' the south-eastward under Mounts Bedwell and loe,. where the land was lost to view. To the westward the land was ob- served trending in a north and south direction, and bore the appearance of being an island. The ebb now commenced setting out, and al- though we were going three knots through the water, we made no progress over the. ground. Seven miles WbS. from Cape Don, we sounded in ffiy fathoms on a bottom of branch-coral, and Digitized ' Gooc[e

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