THE HINEMOA'S TRIP TO THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS AND LIGHTHOUSES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2319, 11 August 1898, Page 34

THE HINEMOA'S TRIP TO THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS AND LIGHTHOUSES.

The following is a shoit account of the limemoa's bi-annual trip to the southern islands and lighthouses, kindly placed at my disposal by Captain Bollona:— Leaving the Blulf on July 22, we visited Dog and Centre Islands, Cuttle Cove, Cromarty, Te Oneroa, and Puyscgur Point, leaving the latter place on the evening of the 23rd with a stiong south-east gale and dirty weather; but the following morning it was much finer, and we landed at the Snares and fossicked round the island and adjacent reefs for wreckage. However, nothing was eeon, so wo kept away for the Auckland Islands. The following morning it turned thick, with a fresh north-west breeze, Enderby Island was sighted, and we landed there and at Rose Island and Port Ross that day, and Disappointment. Island and Norman Inlet the next day. On tbe 27th Carnley Harbour was visited, and the same evening wo left for the Campbell Isle, which we reached the nest morning. We steamed round the island, sounding the syren, and visited the harbours, leaving lor the Antipodes on ttie 29th. We experienced a south gale and heavy pea until the 31st, when we made the island, but could not land at the depot, owing to tbe heavy sea, so stood off and on until the next morning, when we anchored and visited the shore, finding everything intact, as at all tho other places. On the evening of the Ist insfc. we left for the Bounty Islands, arriving next morning, steaming through the passages, and landing at the main island to oveihaul tbe depot, finding #he stores in good order. At 2 p.m. we left for New Zealand, with a strong south-west wind, accompanied with snow and sleot. The following morning it had -freshened into a gale, with a tremendous sea, the snow squalls being simply terrific. We hove to under a reefed mizzen stay pail and a tarpaulin in the mizzen rigging, and, to smoothen the sea, two oil bags were used, with excellent ienuKs. The inornina; following was a tnflo better, so we beaded fhe vessel to the fprs, and made a little way, which was gradually increased as the sea subsided. The Bluff wns reached at 5 p.m. on the sth.