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 prickly-leaves. We also found and procured 181,. seeds of sophera tornentosa, and a plant of the June natural order scim;,z, hdlenia ctzrulsa, Brown: two parasitical plants of orchidz were found growing upon the bark of trees in the shady place near our watering-place; one was &'ndro. b/urn cxm/cu/atum, Brown; the other was also sub- sequently found'at Cape Grain, and is not yet described; it has oblong, three-nerved, thick and leathery leaves; we saw no quadrupeds, and .but very few birds.. On the PAth we leR Fitzroy Island and, steer- . ing round Cape Grafton, hauled in towards the centre of Trinity Bay. To the west of Cape Grafton, an opening was observed in the beach, that bore every appearance of being the mouth of a rivulet, from the broken and irregular form of the hills behind it. At noon, our latitude was 16 � 45", and three small islands were in sight a-head, which we passed to seaward of. They are laid down by Captain Cook as one island, whereas they are distinctly three, but all connected by a reef which was covered when we Passed. At 2h. 30m., p.m., we anchored under Snapper Island, (so called by Lieutenant Jeffreys,)but found the anchorage more open than had been expected.

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