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But before I descend, I must not forget to relate that to this pile of desolation on which, like the fallen angel on the top of Niphates, we stood contemplating our nether Eden, His Excellency was pleased to give the name of Tench's Prospect Mount. Our fatigue to-day had been excessive; but our two sable companions seemed rather enlivened than exhausted by it.
Lieutenant Ball named this place Tench's Island, after Captain Watkin Tench of the marines: it is situated in 1° 39' south latitude, and 150° 31' east longitude. After lying-to near an hour, and finding we could have no farther intercourse with the natives, without considerable loss of time, we bore up and kept on our course, steering west by north.
The Bishop looked closely again, and the boy now returned his gaze with his own weakly foolish look. "Well! If it ain't that Tom Potwin. The Lord certainly hardened his heart against counsel to his own undoing. I tried every way in the world say, what's he doing here?" "Oh, Brother Rae has given him a home here along with that first woman of Brother Tench's.
It bore west by south, and appeared to be from eleven to thirteen miles distant, as near as could be determined. The place from whence our party had this prospect, was called -Tench's Prospect-Hill, that officer being of the party, and having from thence seen Richmond-Hill for the first time.
In many excavations of the mountain, much below the summit, there is now found abundance of ice at all seasons. Tench's Expedition to Botany Bay, p. 12. Stay, bright inhabitant of air, alight, 260 Ambitious VISCA, from thy eagle-flight!
The superphosphates especially are er potent. And, by one of those coincidences we meet, perhaps, oftener than we note, Mr. Tench's initial is 'S' standing for Samuel." Mr. Mortimer extracted an egg from his basket and rubbed it with his bandanna thoughtfully before passing it down to his wife. "So you've been an' ordered the bills too?" murmured Mr. Bossom.
In about ten hours they proceeded with this naval escort. On the 18th Mr. Oglethorpe went ashore on Tench's Island, where he left eight men, with directions to prepare huts for the people who would disembark, and tarry there till he could make farther arrangements.
At sun-set, we saw another island bearing west by north, Tench's Island bearing east half north. The next morning at day-light, the island seen the preceding evening, bore from south by west, to west by south, about three leagues distant; on this, we altered our course, in order to run along the shore.
This island has a luxuriant and picturesque appearance, and there can scarcely be a doubt but it is very fertile and well peopled. The natives were quite naked, and seemed to be the same sort of people we had seen at Tench's Island; and their canoes were apparently of the same construction.
Near the end of the same month, the same party made an excursion to the north-west of Rose Hill, and traced the Nepean to where it was first discovered by Tench's party in 1789.
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