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186 which I had made on my lat excurion. In thoe parts of the country which I examined in the afternoon, I found everal plants of the tribe of orchis, ome of which I gave to be copied by the painter.

The fihing nets were regularly ent out every evening, and abundance of fih was taken. The meals we now made on board contrated very trikingly with thoe we had been obliged to put up with during our paage.

I mut here remark, that thoe of our company who were engaged in the puruit of natural hitory, were not permitted to take with them, on their excurions, the mallet quantity of that allowance of freh proviions which we claimed as our right: hip's bicuit, cheee, brandy, and ometimes a little alted bacon, was all that was provided for us. The reaons we alledged were ufficient to evince the jutice of our demand; nevertheles, we had no other proviions allowed us on thee occaions, during the whole coure of our expedition. I hould have paed over this circumtance in ilence, had I not thought that it might afford a ueful hint to perons employed in the ame puruit, who may hereafter be engaged in uch expeditions.

1t. I reolved to examine the other coat of the harbour to the eatward. The bottom was here