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 414 URVEY O!  THE INTeRTROPICAL the anniversary of the late king's cornefion, was. subsequently called the Coronation Islands. The harbour was called Port Nelson, and a high rocky hill, that was distinguished over the land to the southward, received the name of Mount Tra- Notwithstanding we had constantly experi- enced since the period of our leaving the east coast both fine weather and smooth water, yet the leaky state of the vessel had been gradually increasing; leading me to fear that the injury received at Port Bowen had been much more serious than we had then contemplated. Having the advantage of smooth water and a fair wind during our passage up the east coast, the damage had not shewn itself until we reached Cairncross Island: after this it was occasionally observl, but with more or less effect according to the strength and the direction of the wind, and the state of the sea. At the anchorage off Booby IslaA, being exposed to a swell, she made four inches of water in an hour; but, during the examination of Montagu Sound and the harbour we last lelY, it did not shew at all: upon leaving Hunter's River, and working 'agelos t a fresh sea.breeze, the leak ga/ned more than three inches in the hour; and, in passing round Cape Torrens, the vessel being pressed down in the

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