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 38 SURVR� OF THE INFERTROPICAL m diffuses a strong aromatic edoUr, which quality Se& it possesses, as it were, to counterbalance the annoying effecta 6f its prickly foliage. ?. The next day Mr. Bedwell ezmined a small ' inlet at the bottom of the bay. It proved to be merely a salt-water creek, bounded by and mangroves. Traaes of natives were o5- served: and he brought on board with him the remains ofa fish.pot, nine feet 10ng, made of strips o.f ae//a/nd/, but so -in'perfect and disfigured, that we could not readily convince ourselves either of its particnls' construction or nse. In the evening we found a few gallons of water in a hollow near the beach upon the south shore of the strai.t. During Mr. Bedwell's ab- sence, a hot land.wind from. S.E. sprung up, and raised the temperature to 90 e. The peculiar verdure of the vegetation in all parts hereabout, was a proof that this part of the country had suffered less rom drought than the coast to the eastward. The traces of a small speoies of kangaroo were found in every part, but our appearance had frightened them away. The f(xxi of this animal appeared to be prin. cipally the seeds and leaves of an acac/a, which they reach easily from the rocks. Mr. Gunningham, who was as usual most inde- fatigable in edding to his collection, observed one

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