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succeeded by others, evidently the effect of a southerly gale ; 
and soon the bar was pronounced perfectly impassible. Now 
as the whole of Mr. Cunningham’s collections, baggage, bed- 
ding, &c., were on board the vessel, it may readily be sup- 
posed he was not a little disappointed upon thus being 
prevented from joining the “Lucy Ann.” His friends consoled 
him by observing that as the surf on the bar had not got up 
in consequence of any wind blowing on shore, but the result 
_of a distant southern gale, the bar would in all probability be 
passable in the morning. However, in the night, the wind 
veering to the north-eastward, freshened to a hard gale, and 
when the morning came, the vessel was not to be seen; she 
had been blown off to the southward, and being exceedingly 
light, nine days elapsed before she again made her appearance, 
When, although the weather was stormy and there was muc 
sea in the offing, it was deemed advisable to lose no time in 
joining the vessel, as a return of a northerly gale was to be 
apprehended. Accordingly, on the afternoon of the 11th, 
Mr. Cunningham embarked in a well-manned whale boat, 
and after hard pulling for about four miles through a heavy 
sea, reached the vessel in safety; and she immediately pro- 
ceeded on her voyage. The vessel having strong gales and 
an easterly current to contend against, made a long and te- 
dious voyage, and did not reach Port Jackson until the af- 
ternoon of the 28th, when Mr. Cunningham once more 
stepped on shore in Sydney, after an absence of 21 weeks.* 
* The following plants were detected on Norfolk Island by Mr. Cun- 
eng that are not enumerated in Endlicher's Prodromus Flore 
Norfolkic. 
epos scopulorum, Ach. Syn. p. ech Lichen scopulorum, Eng. Bot. 
t. 688. On the trunks of Araucaria ex 
Psilotum triquetrum, Sich Fil. p. Pg Schk, crypt. t. 165. b. On de- 
cayed trees in shaded w 
Gren Ge pedit vulgare, J. Sm. Jour. Bot. v. 4. p. 61. 
Linn. Mant. p. 306. Schk. crypt. t. 9. On decayed timber in damp woods. 
Drymoglossum carnosum, J. Sm. Jour. Bot. v. 4. p. 66. Niphobolus 
carnosus, Blume, Fl. Jav. t. 19.? On rocks. 
Nephrodium remotum, Hew. (nov. sp.) frondibus pubescentibus lanceo- 
