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 weighed from four to eight pounds. Thoe of the crew who had perceived any ymptoms of the curvy laid themelves for ome time, in the freh earth, and derived coniderable benefit from it: thoe who advanced up the country, aw many trees laying in a decayed tate on the ground, which appeared to be of a much larger ize than any that were tanding; but they aw no pring or pool of freh water, and were not encouraged to continue their earch for it, as the urface of the ground was covered with a fine looe cinder, that rendered the walking over it laborious and difficult; and it was the les neceary to undergo further fatigue, as we had plenty of water on board; and I was, at this time, in uch a tate of health, as rendered me incapable of attending upon any inland expedition. In the North Eat part of the iland, where the ground was more firm, we afterwards found mall quantities of water, lodged in the cavities of rocks; but, as that mut have been upplied by howers, uch reources mut not only be inufficient, but uncertain. I have, however, no doubt, but that on the North Eat bay, wells might be made, that would produce plenty of good water; at leat, the oil is uch, as to encourage uch an expectation: but a very heavy gale drove us to ea, before I was ufficiently recovered to make the experiment. The garden eeds which had been own here, on our former viit,