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] The banks of this rivulet produced everal new pecies of cauarina, one of which was remarkable for the club-like form of its fruit. I alo oberved a pretty tall hrub, which etablihes a new genus of the cruciferous tribe.

The tracks of the kangarous were very numerous, terminating at the rivulet, where thee animals frequently come to drink.

As the wind had been againt us when we ailed for this watering place, we had a right to expect that it would be favourable to our return; but a calm upervened, and it lated everal hours before we reached the hips.

The pinnace returned after a voyage of four days, in which the whole extent of the trait had been urveyed. It is about 20,000 toies in length from S.W. to N.E. They had every where found a depth of at leat ix fathoms and an half, over a bottom of mud, and ometimes of fine and. It is eparated from Adventure-bay by a narrow lip of land, not more than 200 toies at its greatet breadth.

We now waited only for a favourable wind to follow the trait, in order to take an exact urvey of it. The N. and N.W. breezes were contrary, and, beides, o light, that we were obliged to remain the whole day at anchor. During