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206 as thee were the only human bones that were een during the whole of our abode in this place.

On the 13th I went to the place where our men were taking in their water. It was furnihed by a mall rivulet, which dicharges itelf into the harbour, after flowing amongt the trunks of fallen trees with which the country is covered. The rotten wood gives the water of this rivulet a brownih tinge. They were obliged to roll the caks upwards of a hundred yards to the boats, as thee could not come nearer to the hore on account of the hallownes of the bottom.

We found the carpenters employed in raiing the ides of our pinnace, which had hortly before been overet whilt it was ailing in the harbour. The crew had been obliged to ave themelves by wimming till aitance was brought them. It had been furnihed with too high a mat, and much too large a ail, by the lieutenant, who ought to have undertood the proportions better.

The wood made ue of by the carpenters was that of the new pecies of the eucalyptus, which I have denominated eucalyptus globulus. They thought it very good timber for hip-building.

A perpetual moiture prevailed in the thick forets into which I penetrated towards S.W. Moes and ferns of various kinds grew there with great luxuriance. I killed a bird of that pecies of