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] new pecies of parley, which I had denominated apium protratum, grew in abundance upon the hore, almot as far as high water mark. We took a great quantity of it on board with us.

Many pecies of the cauarina grew here, and eemed to thrive very well notwithtanding the humidity of the oil. Amongt the plants which I aw for the firt time was a remarkable pecies of the limodorum, of which I had a drawing taken; I alo collected various kinds of ferns, and a beautiful pecies of the glycine, remarkable for its carlet flower.

No freh water is found upon this iland; though everal foraken huts hewed that it had been frequented by the avages.

Two of the officers of our veel, Cretin and Dauribeau, went about ix o'clock in the morning to urvey the coat to the eatward of our tation, where they found everal bays extending from N.W. to S.E. They oberved everal creeks, which formed as many harbours; but a trong contrary wind prevented them from examining them farther into the land. Seeing everal fires at a mall ditance from the hore, they determined to land; when as oon as they had entered the woods, they found four avages employed in laying fuel upon three mall fires, about which they were itting. The avages immedi- ately