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the head waters of the Bremer and the country in its vicinity, 
enriching his stores both botanically as well as geographically. 
He returned to Brisbane Town the latter end of July, where 
and in its environs as far as Campbell's Range he continued 
his exertions till the middle of September, when he embarked 
himself and people with upwards of seventy boxes or pots 
of living plants on board a colonial vessel for Sydney, at 
which port he arrived the latter end of the month. 
About this period Mr. Cunningham anticipated the grati- 
fication of once more joining his old commander, Captain 
King, who it was expected would, after finishing his survey 
of the west coast of South America, come to Sydney to refit 
his vessel, “The Adventure,” and return to England via the 
north-west coast of Australia, and by that means endea- 
vour to complete the survey of that portion of the north-west 
coast that was left incomplete at the termination of his fourth 
_ voyage in 1822. Mr. Cunningham would, if this plan had been 
carried out, have joined “the Adventure,” and returned to 
England with Captain King. But despatches from the Ad- 
miralty ordered that officer to return to England direct. 
In the early part of May, Mr. Cunningham embarked on 
board the Lucy Ann, for Norfolk Island, and landed at that 
penal settlement on the 11th. Of this remarkable island 
E our traveller thus speaks—“ In consequence of the heavy 
. Surf at the usual landing place in Sydney Bay, the master 
. worked the vessel round to Cascade Bay, on the north side 
of the island, where finding little or no swell, the wind 
blowing off shore, the boat was lowered down, and the des- 
1 patches were landed in charge of a soldier. By this oppor- 
tunity, I also stept on shore and walked over to the settle- 
ment on the southern side of the island. In the patches of 
1 land that bound the line of road which stretches from N. to 
_ S. across the island, I recognizéd among many plants quite 
new to me, several species indigenous also to New Zealand, 
and everywhere the lemon and guava trees (introduced by the 
first settlers in 1788), exhibited their rich fruit which formed 
a pleasing diversity when contrasted with the extremely beau- 
