128 Kennedy's expedition. 



two and a,-half to tliree inches Lroad^ beautifully 

 'veined^ and with axillary racemes of white^ sweet- 

 scented flowers y the seed being- a large round nut 

 Avith a thin rind, of a yellowish g-reen colour when 

 ripe. There were many other interesting- plants 

 g-rowing- about^ but the afternoon turning- out wet^ 

 I left their examination to stand over till finer 

 weather. 



Growing- on the beach was a species of Porfulaca, 

 a quantity of the young' shoots of which I collected^ 

 and we partook of them at our supper^ boiled as a 

 veg-etaljle. s 



In the evening-j after watering- our horses^ we took 

 them to the camp and g-ave each of them a feed of 

 corn which we had broug-ht with us for the purpose 

 of streng'thening- them previous to our starting- from 

 Rocking'ham Bay^ on our expedition j but althoug'h 

 the g-rass on which they had been depasturing- was 

 coarse^ they were with difficulty induced to eat the 

 corn^ many of them leaving- it almost all behind 

 them. We then tethered them and folded our 

 sheep^ one of Avhich we killed for food. The ration 

 per Aveek on which the party was now put^ A\as one 

 hundred pounds of floury twenty-six pounds of sug-ar^ 

 and three and a-half pounds of tea^ with one sheep 

 ever}^ alternate day. 



This nig-ht too we commenced our nig'htly watch^ 

 the whole of the stores being- landed and packed in 

 the camp. During- nearly the whole of the da}^ a 

 tribe of natives was watching- our movements^ but 



