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the island of Timor. On the 4th of June, they anchored 

 oflF the Dutch settlement of Coepang, where they received 

 every attention from the resident, Mr Hazaart, and by the 

 13th, having completed such supplies as were necessary, the 

 following day they sailed for Port Jackson, where they arrived 

 on the 29th. I shall now make some extracts from Mr Cun- 

 ningliam's observations on the botanical results of this voyage. 

 '* While at anchor in a bight called the Bay of Rest, 

 S. lat. 22' IT, E. long. 114=20', I had an opportunity of 

 collecting the few subjects of these barren regions, the 

 shores of which appear doomed to perpetual sterility. I 

 discovered some species of Acacia and Proteacece^ but, 

 the excessive droughts, increased by the rays of the sun at 

 this season, had so burnt up and destroyed the greater 

 portion of its limited vegetation, that but few specimens 

 were added to my collection ; the thermometer ranging 

 in different exposures from 105° to 115° * # •^ ^t 

 Dampier's Archipelago, my collections augmented but very 

 gradually, a sterile sand covered with a Spinifex, being the 

 general character of the coast. I however added 50 species; 

 all, I believe, of known genera. * * * * The north coast 

 assumes a much more favourable aspect than that lately 

 abandoned, being in many parts cliffy with craggy shores 

 bounded by mangroves, having elevated forest land in the 

 back ground, where portions of rich soil have been observed, 

 in which I sowed, in various situations, seeds of European 

 fruits and culinary vegetables. I landed at different times 

 upon an island named Goulburn's Island, where I found a 

 new field for botanical investigations, approaching in charac- 

 ter that of India ; for, among genera peculiar to Australia, 

 such as Grevillea, Pleurandra, S^~c., several, indigenous in 

 other countries, hold a conspicuous rank and station ; among 

 them are Justicia, Strychnos, Dioscorea^ Flagellaria, Ficus, 

 Hibiscus, Crotalaria, Grewia, Sfc. I discovered a new Nym- 

 phcea, covering the fresh waters of a lagoon, of the figure and 

 size of N. pygmcea. A small island, two miles to the north- 

 ward of Goulburn's Island, and which at my suggestion has 



