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Mensics' Journal. 



Redonda Island. 



1792. 

 July 2nd. 



" Shanus 

 albus " here is 

 meant for the 

 grass Schoenus 

 alius L., 

 now known as 

 Rynohospora 

 alha. 



July 5th. 



Savary Id. 



East of the Ship there was a beautiful! Waterfall which 

 issued from a Lake close behind it & precipitated a wide 

 foaming stream into the Sea over a shelving rocky precipice 

 of about thirty yards high, its wild romantic appearance 

 aided by its rugged situation & the gloomy forests which 

 surrounded it, rendered it a place of resort for small parties 

 to visit during our stay. On the Banks of this Lake I found 

 the following Plants. Linnoea borealis, Myrica gale / 

 Anthcricum Calyculatum, Drosera rotund ifolia, Mcnyanthes 

 trifoliata, Shanus alhus, & in the Lake itself we found some 

 Bivalve Shells which were quite new to me. — It appeard to 

 be very deep & its sides were strewd with a great number of 

 fallen Trees. 



About noon on the 5th of July L* Puget & Mr. Whidbey 

 returnd to the Ship with their Boats & Party & from the 

 Report of the former Gentlemen I am enabled to give the 

 following short account of their excursion. 



After their departure on the ist of July they proceeded 

 agreable to their orders along the Continental shore to the 

 South East ward but were not able to go far on new ground 

 when they stopped for the evening on one of the Islands & 

 pitchd their Tents in a delightfull plain with a fine smooth 

 beach before it for the Boats, that renderd the situation both 

 desirable & pleasant & such as they of late seldom enjoyd. 

 Next day they continued ranging along shore to the South 

 Eastward with fair wind & pleasant weather till about noon 

 when having obtaind a satisfactory view of the unbroken 

 continuation of the Continental shore & the termination of 

 the group of Islands which here occupied a space of about 

 four leagues in a SSE & NNW direction, they returnd back 

 among these Islands which are low & in general thickly 

 coverd with streight Pines, they also produce the wild fruits 

 of the Country such as Raspberries Goosberries Red 

 Whortle berries &c together with abundance of wild Onions, 

 & the sandy Beaches abounded with fine Clams easily pro- 

 curd & well flavord — they also afford places of resort / to 

 Gulls Shags & other Oceanic Birds besides a great number 

 of Seals. Thus fertilized with Fruits & Game, renderd them 

 a desirable situation for Inhabitants, accordingly they were 

 visited from one of these Islands by a small party of Natives 

 who made ofif to the Boats over a long flat with pieces of 

 porpus or Seals flesh in their hands which they offerd to our 



