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 :)4. sURVEY OF -THR. IN'FEROPICAL kerville; .with one. of the boat's crew, ascended l,b'7i the summit, and, whilst employed in looking round, heard the voices of natives among the trees about thirty yards off; but as they could not see them, they vry properly descended, �and carried on their operations in the vicinity of the boat; they were on shore for two or three hours afterwards, but the natives did not make their appearance. The foot-marks of men and boys were evident on the sand below the high- water mark, and the remains of fire-places, and where the natives had been manufacturing SlU's, were of recent date. The gentlemen brought off a few shells and some insects, among which was a beautiful pby; besides which, one 'of the boat's crew caught .a species of vampyrus, apparently similar to the flying fox of Port Jackson. Of shells there was not a great variety; a d (tridao g/g,, a ,, and the tro�l, (r,rl,) of .Dirk Hartug's Island; but at one of the fire-places, they found a very large /uta, that seemed to have served the purpose of a water-vessel; it was ffieen inches long, and ten inches in diameter. The shores appear to abound with shell-fish, although Dampier thought that shells hereabouta were scarce. We could easily-have completed our water t this .pint, but from the place

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