The next morning, September 24th, 1840, Capitain Welldone(037) from the American whale boat "Martha" came along with a dinghy and six of his men. At the Capitain's invitation, Messrs. Smith and I went into his dinghy and rowed, Dr. Harvey leaving behind, to the first island east of Boston Island to shoot and catch geese until the other dinghy came after us. A goose, which one of the sailors caught alive, with a few red-bills and several eggs, was all we found. Since it was now getting late and the other dinghy was still [not] back, the Capitain decided to spend the night on the island.

On the following September 25th, 1840, at daybreak, [we] left this as yet unnamed island and rowed to the next island, the (Sir Joseph) Banks Group(038). Here we found a lot of young geese, of which I ( 019 ) caught 5 myself. As soon as we had cleared this island we went to the next smaller one, where we caught two geese, but saw several seals of both sexes; I, who saw these animals for the first time in my life, was not a little surprised at their unexpected size and fatness. From here we sailed with strong winds to Bolingbroke Point(039), where we met Dr. Harvey with his boat. He invited us to sail with him to Tomby Island(040) that afternoon, but the Capitain, who wanted to bring the young geese, which were suffering a lot from the wetness and crowding in the dinghy, and also to land as soon as possible, sailed up the bay on this side of the above-mentioned Cape Bolingbroke and on the other side of Louth Bay(041). At the end of this bay we saw heavy smoke not far from the shore, and I was looking forward to the opportunity to finally see the natives, but no one wanted to walk the three miles with me, and after we had eaten it was so late that I didn't dare go alone.

( 020 ) September 26th, 1840. Saturday.
We sailed early in the morning to the bay opposite Tomby Island. As soon as we got out, the Capitain, me and young Smith went into the bush, those to hunt kangaroos, I to meet the natives. However, we only saw traces of both, and in one place a considerable number of old huts. Since we couldn't find any fresh water here and the supplies we had brought with us were quickly running out, the Capitain became very concerned for his people, who needed a lot of water during the strenuous rowing, and decided to go back as early as possible the next morning.

September 27th, 1840. Sunday.
As soon as the day dawned, we were in the boat, landed on the steep Tomby Island to get around it quickly and were back with our geese around midday. The fellow who stayed behind said saw no sign of any natives nearby. We then quickly ate something, divided up and embarked our geese, and then sailed homeward with a fair wind, so that we landed in Happy Valley(042) (043) at sunset.

( 021 ) October 1st, 1840.
A man named Hugh Joh[n]ston(044) of the Scottish Church asked me to baptize his child. I made it clear to him that I belonged to another church and that I was only