150 Kennedy's expedition. 



pinnate leaves^ and axillary racemes of a round 

 flattened fruit, similar in size and shape to the small 

 blue fig' cultivated in g*ardens, of a dark purple 

 colour, and possessing* a flavour similar to an 

 Orleans plum when hardty ripe, with a hard rough 

 stone inside. 



June 21 til. — We proceeded about five miles in a 

 westerly direction, passing- over two small creeks 

 running* to the south-east. The country here ap- 

 peared to be gradual^ rising", and the land to be 

 g-rowing' drier ; and we now hoped to be enabled to 

 prosecute om* journey without any g-reat obstruction 

 from the swamps. 



June 2Sth. — Proceeding* on the same course as 

 on the previous day, we crossed two small creeks, 

 running- rapidly to the eastward. The bottoms of 

 these creeks were covered with g-ranite pebbles, of 

 various sizes. The first creek we crossed at the 

 entrance, and the other near the middle of a thick 

 scrub, extending- nearly three miles, and through 

 which we had to cut a road. The various plants of 

 which this scrub was composed corresponded with 

 those described as forming the scrub near our first 

 camp in the Bay. The greatest obstacles to our 

 progress through these scrubs were the long* shoots 

 of the Flagellaria, and climbing* palm. We camped 

 in an open patch of forest land, covered with g*rass, 

 and the trees consisted principally of Moreton Bay 

 ash (a species of eucalyptus), Casuarina, and a 

 rather large growing Acacia, with broad, rhom- 



