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 COAS'rs OXP ArrILAI.,IA. upon .the. fiat rock,. which is merely a bare .mass a. of granite, of. abot thirty yards in diameter, some natives were heard calling to us, and upon our pu!!_i, to the part whence the sound came, we found two men and a boy. After .some time they were discovered ,to be three of our Oyster- Harbour friends, and therefore we made no hesi- tation of communicating with them, and of taking em on board, where they were regaled upon the flesh of the seals we had killed at the island. Notwithstanding the friendly disposition of the inhabitants of this sound, I feJt it necessary to act. very ,cautiously in our communication with them,.in order to avoid any misunderstanding. And that this might not. even be accidentally done. I requested Mr. Cunningham to contine Ms walks to the ,vicinity off the vessel, and parti- o;i_rly to.avoid any. route that would take him towards their encampment. He was therefore prevented from, visiting many parts near which he had promised himself much amusement and information in botanizing, particularly .the neigh- hourhoed of Bayonet Head, and the distant parts of Oyster Harbour. At our. former .visit to this pl.ace he had searched. in vain for that curious little plant c15p/uotus follular ", Br., but on
 * F,.zzas, vol. i.p. 154, and Bnoww's Oenerai Reark

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