1^8 Kennedy's expedition. 



two and a-half to three inches broad^ beautifully 

 veined^ and with axillary racemes of white^ SAveet- 

 scented flowers ; the seed being- a large round nut 

 with 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 theii* examination to stand over till finer 

 weather. 



Growing- on the beach was a species of Por^tulaca, 

 a quantity of the young- shoots of which I collected, 

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

 veg-etable. 



In the evening", 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 strengthening* them previous to our starting* from 

 Rocking-ham Ba}^, on our expedition j but although 

 the grass 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 which we killed for food. The ration 

 per week on Avhich the party was now put, was one 

 hundred pounds of flour, twenty-six pounds of sugar, 

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

 every alternate da}^ 



This night too we commenced our nightl}^ watch, 

 the whole of the stores being landed and packed in 

 the camp. During nearty the whole of the da}^ a 

 tribe of natives was watching our movements, but 



