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 iottom, but, not having a light, wore soon obliged tO give up its further examination. The island is connected to the cape by a narrow ridge of rooks, which the spring-tidos may probably cover. The main correspon& with the island in character and gene confor. marion, being extremely barren and rocky, and of the same description of sand-stone, the strata of which appear nearly horizontat; the greatest doviation from that position not being more than an inclination of,5 �the south-east. Upon our return, we landed at Caper Point near the bottom of the bay; where, on taking some bearings, a considerable loea macetie attraction was detected, for the needle o� t theodoite was nearly eight degrees in error. Whilst I was thus employed, Mr. Cunningham, who was my companion upon this excursion, rared about among the shrubs in the vici- nity, and was fortunate in trading the fruit of a tree that was irst seen by us at Cambrid 0, and had for some time p,,!ed us from its immense size and peculiar appearance. It proved to be a tree of the nat. ord. Ca/par/d, and was thought to be a cappa; the gouty habit of the stem, which was soft and spongy, gave it an appeara__,re_ of disease: but, as all the spe. cimens, from the :ounea pat W the fun-rown

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