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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 

 arrang;ement for preserving" the safety of the camp 

 ft'om attack was, that every man, with the excep- 

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

 through the nig-ht— two hours being- the duration of 

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

 till G A.M. During" the nig-ht the kang*aroo dog-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 Bay, 

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

 east. The soil, where our cattle and sheep were 

 feedino- 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 with 

 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 Flagcllariaj 



