rd was sent on shore in the yawl to examine the S.W. island.
After dark we burnt several false fires as signals to the boat, but the
weather being thick and squally she did not return till the morning of
the 23rd, but the tender joined us that night and informed me that she
had found a yard on the island marked "Bounty's Driver Yard" and other
circumstances that indicated that the _Bounty_ was, or had been there.
The tender was immediately sent on shore after the yawl.

On the 23rd provisions, ammunition, &c., was sent on board the
tender,[43-1] and Lt. Corner with a party of men were sent with the yawl
and tender to land on the Northernmost island. At 4 in the afternoon,
perceiving that the schooner tender had anchored under that island the
yawl landing the party on the reef leading to it, Lt. Corner had orders
to examine that and the Easternmost island very minutely to see if any
other traces besides the yard could be made out of the _Bounty_ or her
people.

On the 24th in the morning sent the cutter on board the tender for
intelligence, but she did not return till nearly 2 o'clock in the
afternoon, when she brought with her seven men of Lt. Corner's party. She
was sent on board the tender again with orders for the remainder of the
party that was returned from the search to be brought on board the
_Pandora_ in the yawl, and for the cutter to remain on board the tender
to embark Lt. Corner when he returned, the midshipman having represented
that she answered the purpose of landing and embarking better than the
larger boat from the particular circumstances of the landing place; and I
stood over for the S.W. island to take on board the other yawl which had
been sent to ground near the reef of that island and to procure from it
some cocoanuts, &c.

At 5 the yawl came on board, and I then stood towards the schooner in
order to take the other yawl on board, but the weather became squally
with rain and I stood out to sea. During the night the weather was
rougher than usual, with an ugly sea and I did not get close in with them
again till the 28th at noon, soon after which the yawl came on board from
the schooner and informed us to my great astonishment and concern that
the cutter had not been on board her since she left the ship.[44-1] The
tender was ordered to run down by the side of the reef and if the cutter
was not seen there to run out to sea six leagues and to steer about
W.N.W.-W., it being the opposite point to tha