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1777- however fliorr, will be thought worth attending to, by thofc 

 I J'"^''''''- • , ^,,[^Q ^^iQ^ jQ collecfl materials for tracing the origin of na- 

 tions. I fhall only premifc, that the tall ftraight foreft 

 trees, which Mr. Anderi'on defcribes.in the following ac- 

 count, are of a difTerent fort from thofe which are found in 

 ihe more Northern parts of this coafl. The wood is very 

 long and clofe-grained ; extremely tough ; lit for fpars, oars, 

 and many other ufes ; and would, on occafion, make good 

 mafts (perhaps none better), if a method could be found to 

 lighten it. 



" At the bottom of Adventure Bay is a beautiful fandy 

 beach, which feems to be wholly formed by the particles 

 waflied by the fea from a very fine white fand-ftone, that 

 in many places bounds the Ihore, and of which Fluted 

 Cape, in the neighbourhood, from its appearance, feems 

 to be compofed. This beach is about two miles long, 

 and is excellently adapted for hauling a feine, which 

 both fliips did repeatedly with fuccefs. Behind this, is 

 a plain or flat, with a fait, or rather brackifh lake (run- 

 ning in length parallel with the beach), out of which 

 we caught, with angling rods, many whitidi bream, 

 and fome fmall trout. The other parts of the country ad- 

 joining the bay are quite hilly ; and both thofe and the flat 

 are an entire foreft of very tall trees, rendered almoft impalT- 

 able by fhrubs, brakes of fern, and fallen trees; except on 

 the fides of fome of the hills, where the trees are but thin, 

 and a coarfe grafs is the only interruption. 



To the Northward of the bay there is low land, ftretching 

 farther than the eye can reach, which is only covered with 

 wood in certain fpots ; but we had no opportunity to exa- 

 mine in what refpedls it differed from the hilly country. 



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