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 .m. ,vhere we moored, at one.fii of a mile 'om the .So.L fi.sta of Fort Concordia, hearin S; 14� , Mr. Roe went on shore, soon.after aucho; to wa/t upon the Resident, and to/nfornl him of the purport of our visit': he found that our former friend Mr. Hazaart was at Batavia, and that  was temporarily supplied by Mr. Halewyn; from whom we experienced ch assistance and attention, as enabled us to compe our wood and water, and to obtain refreshments for the crew by the e/hth day. The refreshments con. sisted of sheep, cocoa nuts, limes, bananas, man- goes, and the $aca fru/t. The sheep weighed from twelve o sixteen pounds, and were char �t &]DOttt Beven 15h/llins and seven pence each. 1-. Limes were very scarce, and oranges, and other ve/tables, which were most wanted, were not to be procured at th/s season. Honey was very plentiful and gx/, and was preferred by our people to the gulah, of which we ot larg quantities last year. The weather durin the first three or four days of our stay was free, but alterwants damp and showery with a suceession of land winds, which a/fected us all with colds; so that we lost no t/me/n leaving the bay the moment that our wants were supplied, which was at sunset on the