Everything else was however found correct.

Whilst the men under Mr.Walker's direction were arranging the stores Mr.Smith, Kaiber, and myself started to search for water but were unsuccessful.

Whilst on our return we saw three large turtles among some seaweeds in shoal water; and, after a good deal of floundering about and some tumbles amongst the breakers, we succeeded in turning them, and then brought a party armed with axes, etc.
and cut them up.

One part we immediately converted into soup, and the remainder was immersed in a cask of pickle as a store against unforeseen misfortunes.

When these portions of the turtle were put into the brine long after the death of the animals, they quivered for several minutes, as if still endowed with the sense of feeling.
DESCRIPTION OF IT.
Bernier Island consists of recent limestone of a reddish tinge, containing many recent fossil shells, and having a coating of sand and sandy dunes which are arranged in right lines, lying south-east and north-west, the direction of the prevailing winds.