Experiment
In early April 1810, Experiment, under the command of Captain Dodds, arrived at the Bay of Islands on a trading voyage from Sydney. While at the Bay the captain and crew of Experiment were alarmed to hear of four white men who were being held inland along a river that ran off the north side of the Bay of Islands. Several boat loads of crew embarked on a dangerous mission up the river in an attempt to rescue the men.
However, after traveling ten miles upstream the crew were forced to leave the captive men to their fate when they began to fear for their own safety, and reluctantly returned to the Bay. The following day, 09 April, Captain Dodds and his men continued their voyage south to Cook Strait, before returning to Sydney.
However, after traveling ten miles upstream the crew were forced to leave the captive men to their fate when they began to fear for their own safety, and reluctantly returned to the Bay. The following day, 09 April, Captain Dodds and his men continued their voyage south to Cook Strait, before returning to Sydney.