. Discoveries in Australia;. Natural history. GUN ISLAND. 149 April 24.—In the morning the boats were des- patched on their ordinary work, and Captain Wick- hara and myself landed on the largest island, a quarter of a mile long, forming the north-western extreme of Pelsart Group, and which we named Gun Island, from our finding on it a small brass four- pounder of singular construction, now deposited in the United Service Museum, (see the cut annexed). Dutch Four-pounder, with moveable chamber. with quantities of ornamental brass work for har- ness, on which the gilding was in a wonderful state
. Discoveries in Australia;. Natural history. GUN ISLAND. 149 April 24.—In the morning the boats were des- patched on their ordinary work, and Captain Wick- hara and myself landed on the largest island, a quarter of a mile long, forming the north-western extreme of Pelsart Group, and which we named Gun Island, from our finding on it a small brass four- pounder of singular construction, now deposited in the United Service Museum, (see the cut annexed). Dutch Four-pounder, with moveable chamber. with quantities of ornamental brass work for har- ness, on which the gilding was in a wonderful state of preservation ; a number of glass bottles and pipes, and two Dutch doits, bearing date I707 and I72O. This was a very interesting discovery, and left no doubt that we had found the island on which the crew of the Zeewyk were wrecked, in 1727? and where they remained so long, whilst building, from the fragments of their vessel, a sloop, in which they got to sea by the passage between Easter and Pelsart Groups, which has consequently been called Zeewyk Passage. The scene of their disaster must have been on the outer reef, a mile and three- quarters south-west from Gun Island, along which ran a white ridge of high breakers. The glass bottles I have mentioned were of a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stokes, John Lort, 1811-1885. London : T. and W. Boone
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