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native dog- was seen by Lieut. Simpson^ in chace 

 of a small kangaroo^ a\ liicli^ on being- close pressed^ 

 plung-ed into the water and swam out to sea^ when 

 it w as picked up by the boat, leaving* its pursuer 

 standing- on a rock g-azing* wistfully at its intended 

 prey^ until a musket ball^ M'hich ^vent ver}^ near its 

 mark, sent it off at a trot. The kang'aroo lived on 

 board for a few days, and proved to constitute quite 

 a new kind, closely allied to Hahnaturus Thetidis, 



We anchored in the evening- off the northern 

 extreme of Frankland Isle, No. lY. about three- 

 quarters of a mile off shore. At nig-ht a party was 

 sent on shore to look for turtle^ but, after remaining- 

 there for three hours, having- walked several times 

 round the island, they returned without having* seen 

 the slio-htest trace of these animals. 



The Frankland Group consists of four islands^ 

 two of which are very small, and each of the other 

 two (I and IV.) about a mile in leng-th. To these 

 may or may not be added another hig-h and much 

 laro-er detached island situated about five miles to 

 the N.AV., about midway between the remainder of 

 the g-roup and the main land. No. IV. is formed 

 of two wooded rocky eminences at its extremes, 

 connected by level g-round, consisting- of dead coral 

 and sand, thickly covered with trees at one part, 

 and scattered bushes at another. The low woody 

 portion of this island is strewed with flat blocks of 

 the same kind of recent coral cong'lomerate that 

 occurs in situ on the beach, also with quantities of 



