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in tropical New Holland. For a general detail of the bo- 

 tanical results of these voyages, the reader is referred to Mr 

 Cunningham's observations in the appendix to Captain 

 King's survey of the coasts of Australia, entitled, A few 

 General Remarks on the Vegetation of certain Coasts of Terra 

 Australis, and more especially of its north-westeiiKi shores. 

 By Mr Allan Cunningham, Collector to the Hoyal Gardens 

 at Kexv. Mr Cunningham separated from his commander 

 (who was oi'dered to England,) with much regret; for Captain 

 King's kind attentions to the botanical pursuits of his com- 

 pagnon de voyage, in addition to their four years' close con- 

 nexion on shipboard, had cemented a friendship that was 

 only dissolved by the untimely death of the subject of this 

 memoir. 



In the month of August, Mr Cunningham made a second 

 excursion to Illawarra, for the purpose of collecting living 

 plants of interesting species that he had observed on his 

 previous visit j these, with some seeds in addition to his col- 

 lections on his fourth voyage, were forwarded to England at 

 the close of the year. Mr Cunningham having made appli- 

 cation to the new governor, Sir T. Brisbane, for more effi- 

 cient means to enable him to make excursions to the west- 

 ward of the colony, a cart and horses with government 

 servants were allowed him for this especial purpose; and 

 towards the end of the month of September, he started on an 

 expedition over the Blue mountains, with a light cart, two 

 horses, and two government servants. He proceeded leisurely 

 on his journey, encamping at those places that appeared 

 most favourable for his botanical pursuits, particularly the 

 Prince Regent's Glen, and the banks of Cox's River, and the 

 Fish River; he arrived at Bathurst on the 14.th October, and 

 found that place much improved and enlarged since his visit 

 in August 1817, when returning from the expedition to the 

 Lachlan. The woody glens that conduct numerous rivulets 

 to the Macquarie afforded him a rich harvest; the country 

 to the north, as far as the government lime-kiln and the 

 Wombat ranges, were also visited. On the 18th November, 



