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200 extremity of New Holland everal pecies of ancitrum, analogous to thoe found at the outhernmot extremity of America.

We were urrounded with pleaant groves, coniting for the greater part of a beautiful pecies of theium with trait leaves.

The cold had obliged us to kindle a large fire. Some of us were carcely beginning to fall aleep, when we uddenly heard the cry of a beat of prey at a few paces ditance. Our fire had probably been of greater ervice to us, in preventing this animal, which from the ound of its voice we believed to be a leopard, from approaching nearer, than we hould have expected when we kindled it.

I had found, on one of the preceding days, the upper jaw-bone of a large animal of the carnivorous tribe.

10th. As oon as the day appeared, we continued our journey on the borders of the lake. At a very mall ditance from the coat we oberved five ilands covered with trees, which formed an agreeable contrat with the level urface of this vat heet of water.

We perceived, for the firt time in this country, everal quails that flew at a great ditance from us.

After marching for everal hours towards the north-