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On the edge of the brushwood I found a Crotoii^ with a re- 

 markably ciliated calyx, and a kind of Ficus with digitated 

 leaves. While following the line of the creek, I met with the 

 females of a tribe of aborigines, who, on seeing me, set up a 

 dreadful yell. Their cries brought the men, who, observing 

 however that I was not a runaway convict, offered me no 

 violence. At three o'clock, I returned to Brisbane Town. 



July IQth and 17th. — These days were devoted to procur- 

 ing living plants in the vicinity of the town. 



July I8th. — Proceeded, in company with Capt. Logan and 

 Mr. Cunningham, to Stradbroke Island, and reached Diimvich 

 at one o'clock in the afternoon. Immediately on landing, 

 we ascended the hills to the east of the settlement, and found 



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Among the 



new plants were a species of Boronia, one of Zieria, Callitns, 

 Casuarina, and Persoonia. The soil on the lower part of 

 Stradbroke Island is a red loam, containing much sand, but 

 by care it might be made to produce good crops. The rocK 

 is a bright red sandstone or ironstone. 



From the establishment at Dmiwich, there is an extensive 

 view of Moreton Bay, the Glass Houses, Flinders' Peak, the 

 lateral range of Mount Warning, and Sir Herbert Taylor's 

 Range. 



July 19^^.— Examined the Cotton Plantation, which I 

 found much neglected, the stools being literally covered with 

 weeds. All along the Plantation runs a beautiful stream, 

 issuing from an extensive swamp, in which I found a pr^ 

 fusion of Melastoma Banksiana, with a species of Dacrydium- 

 On the beach were thickets of Hibiscus tiliacens, and Fandan^i^ 

 pedumulafa : the latter is called Bread-fruit, and eager^ 

 eaten by the natives. A beautiful species of Pinna, or Jf 

 Muscle, was abundant on the mud flats, and I succeeded m 

 obtaining a few specimens. 



July 20#A.— Returned to Brisbane Town. 



July 22fi?.— Employed in procuring plants on the nj^^^ 

 banks till eight o'clock, when I found the party proceeding 

 to Mount Warning, on the south bank, consisting of ^'''^ 



