?8 SURVEY OF THB INTERTROPICAL hight of the land of Cape Van Diemen, and having sent our letters on board the Dick for cOnveyance to ?gla?d, we parted company bY an interchange of three cheers; and it was not without a considerable degree of regret that we took this lea?e of our friends; for it is but due to Mr. Harrison to say that we received very great ass?tapce from him on several occasions: he ?ffered us his stream anchor to replace in some degree our loss, although he had himself only one left; it was, however, much too small for our purI?e. By this opportunity I wrote to the Secretary of 'tim Admiralty, and the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, and .communicating to them a brief account of our voyage up the east coast, acquainted them of my intention of em- ploying the fine-weather months of July and August upon the north-west coast, and then of going to Mauritius, to replace our anchors and cable, previous. to our examination of the west coast.. �
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