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who likes a little " roughing," to the spot to obtain better 

 specimens and a more accurate description ; as I did not pay 

 much attentiou to the plant, feeling certain that, although it 

 might be new to me, Mr. Gunn could at once supply its name 

 as one long since discovered and described. 



I cannot conclude without asking for the origin of the 

 name, " Adamson's " Peak. Who and what was Adamson ? 

 In an old MS. chart in ray possession, made by Captain 

 Welsh in 1827, 1 find Port Esperance designated Adamson'a 

 Harbour; which latter appellation I am happy to say has 

 not been adopted, and the Port still commemorates the visit 

 of Labillardiere in retaining the name of the ship Esperance, 

 commanded by Captain Huon Kermandee, as Recherche Bay 

 still bears the name of the sister vessel. 



