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 under,,ta,  whom we were enquiring. m,.,. nm mov to an anehora of the watering bay, which proved a more cuvenient  titan un, der Seal Island, as it was better sheltered and nmtrer to the waterinpla/ After ridin out beavy gale frn the westward'at .ingle w/thout any accident, and as soott as our water W mnpletsd, we again anctmd for a day under Seal blend, but were oblil to two attempa befe we euccee�ied in gett/ng.out Whiim at the enchore off. Prinos liarbout, I went to Oyster Herbour o procure fiowering sens of a tre which ha4 hitherto been a subject of much curiosity.to .boamiata: at our former visits tim season was too far 'ad- �.: unced; and Mr. tkown was equally unfofiu- naae. The plant re--hies antrr/uM, both in its trunk and leayea, but bears. ira flower in very different manner; for 'inStead of throwing out one long flower scape, it produces eighteen or twenty short stalks, each terminated by an oval bead of wm. I recollected having seen a large grove of the treea growing at a shofi distance from the outer beach on the east aide of !

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