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British Expedition 1875-76
Depot of 2600 natives landed
at Carey Islands. Built a cairn
and left a record at Littleton
Island. Commander Markham
accompanied by Captain Fielden
land in a small bay on the
south side of the extreme
point of the Cape. After an
extremely rough scramble up
one of the gullies, a cairn was
erected on the outer spur of
Cape Isabella, 700 feet above
the water line: a case for
letters and a few cases of
preserved meat being hidden
away on a lower joint, about
300 feet high, magnetic west
of the cairn