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 watering were completed, from an anxiety. to mo. reach those parts which we had not yet seen, Aur. 17, and where we might expect a better chance of finding somethi ot greater interest. Mr. Ctwnigham was confined to the yessel during our stay, by a serious attack of jaundice, brought on by the fatiguing examination of Li* vetpool P, iver.. The weather, du. ring our stay, was throughout free. A breeze usually sprung up at daylight, from S.E.; and by noon veered to, and blew fresh from East, sometimes reaching N.F_,., from which quarter ./t was gerieraily strongest; as sunset approached, the wind usually died away, and before dark it was quite calm, and continued so until the morning. The tempe- ramre.was much lower than we expected to find it, the thermometer ranging only between 75 �nd 84� that, during the day, while the sea breeze Lasted, the heat was not at, all oppres- sive. We left South-West Bay on the 18th at day. is. break; but, from light airs, made so little pro- gress, that it was not .until the following after. noon, that we passed between Mac Cluer's and New Year's Islands; between the latter and Oxley's Island, we passed over two coral banks, separated fwm each other by a deep channel.

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