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] elves urrounded by the ooze, and were obliged to heave in at the captern in order to extricate ourelves.

Abode at Port Dentrecateaux—Signs of the Coat's being frequented by the Savages—Different Excurions into the interior Part of the Country—Trees of an enormous Height—Excellence of the Soil—Black Swans—Large Trunks of Trees, hollowed by Fire, erve the Natives as Places of Retreat—Kangourou—Obervations relating to Comparative Anatomy—Places of Shelter againt the Wind contructed by the Natives—Contruction of their Huts—A udden Gut of Wind breaks our Chain—We run aground in the Mud—Meet with a young Savage—Intelligence of a Paage by which one may ail from Tempet into Adventure-bay—Huts of the Natives—Phoca Monachus—The Heart of this amphibious Animal has no Foramen Ovale—Obervations relating to Comparative Anatomy—Traces of Beats of Prey at the Cape of Van Diemen—Huts, which appear to have been lately inhabited—Viviparous Flies, the Larva of which produce peedy Putrefaction in Fleh-meat—Citizen Riche finds ome burnt human