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 sa .tree, possessed the same deformed appearance, O.s. it was evidently the peculiarity of its. habit. The stem of *the largest of these trees measured twenty-nine feet in girth, whilst its height did not exceed twenty-five feet. "It was at-this time in the earliest stages of foliat/on, the ex- tremities of the naked branches appearing green; and one bud that was opened exhibked the cha- racter.offoiium qitm*." One of these trees has been introduced in the view of the encamp- ment at Careening Bay. It bore some resem- blance to the m8o, figured in the account of CaptAin Tuckey's expedition to the Congo. The only quadruped that was seen upon this excursion, was a small opossum, which appeared to be the same animal that the colonists at Port Jackson call "the native cat :" its colour was light red, with small white spots. The principal object of my investigation was to find an opening in the bottom of the bay communicating with a large sheet of water, that we had seen from the hills, to the .southward; but, as we were not successful in finding any, it was supposed that its communication with the sea must be to the westward of ..Cape Brewster. Mr. Hunter and Mr. Cunningham had previ- ously made an excursion in that direction'to
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