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seven feet in diameter at the least, and nine feet 

 hig-li. The small tent was six feet in diameter, and 

 eio'ht feet hio-h. 



Every man was then supplied with one pair of 

 blankets, one cloak, a double-barrelled g*un or carbine, 

 a brace of pistols, cartridg-e box, small percussion 

 cap pouch, and six rounds of ammunition. The 

 arrangement for preserving* the safety of the camp 

 from attack was, that every man, with the excep- 

 tion of Mr. Kennedy, should take his turn to watch 

 throug'h the nig-ht~two hours being" the duration of 

 each man's watch — the watch extending- from 8 p.m. 

 till 6 A.M. During- the nio-ht the kano-aroo doo-s 

 were kept chained up, but the sheep dog* was at 

 larg-e. 



The position of this our first encampment was 

 near the northern extremity of Rocking-ham Ba}^, 

 being* in latitude 17° 58' 10" south, longitude 146^ 8' 

 east. The soil, where our cattle and sheep were 

 feeding" was sandv and very wet. The land, from 

 the beach to the scrub in the swamp beyond, was 

 slig'htly undulating*, and very thickly strewed \^dth 

 shells, principally bivalves. 



On the morning* of the 25th May, a party com- 

 menced landing* the remainder of our stores, and it 

 being* a fine morning*, I went out to collect specimens 

 and seeds of any new and interesting* plants I mig-ht 

 find. On leaving* the camp I proceeded throug-h a 

 small belt of scrub to the rocks on the north \ the 

 scrub was composed of the g*enera Flagellaria, 



