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10 portion to the quantity of iron they obtain, their original implements formed of that material diminish in value among them.

As far as I could learn, they have no larger animal than the dog, which is a native here, usually black and white, with sharp, pricked up ears, the hair rather long, and in figure a good deal resembling the animal we call a fox-dog—the native name for which is CoraddeeKurī [sic]. It is possible the interior may produce quadrupeds of greater magnitude, all the others found here are such as we usually call vermin.

The immediate neighbourhood of this bay is unfavourable to ornithological enquiry, on account of the scarcity of wood; but I have no doubt the interior must abound in a great variety of rare and beautiful birds: the only species I saw that struck me as new, was a pigeon, of beautiful plumage, large size, and delicious eating. Cockatoos and parrots, in great variety, are said to inhabit the woods, as well as an infinity of small birds.