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On the edge of the brushwood I found a Croton, with a re- 

 markably cihated 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 \Qth and I7th. — These days were devoted to procur- 

 ing living plants in the vicinity of the town. 



Julf/ I8th. — Proceeded, in company with Capt. Logan and 

 Mr. Cunningham, to Stradbroke Island, and reached Dunwich 

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

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

 them covered with CalUtris, Casuarina^ Banksia Compar^ and 

 B. {smula, and the soil consisting of white sand. Among the 

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

 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 Dunwich, 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 \Wi. — 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 pro- 

 fusion of Melastoma Banksiana^ with a species of Dacrydium. 

 On the beach were thickets of Hibiscus tiliaceus, and Pandanus 

 peduncidata: the latter is called Bread-fruit, and eagerly 

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

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

 obtaining a few specimens. 



July 20th. — Returned to Brisbane Town. 



July 22d. — Employed in procuring plants on the river 

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

 to Mount Warning, on the south bank, consisting of Capt. 



