162 president's address — section d. 



On January 28tli he named Cape Nuyts, and anchored in Fowler's 



Bay, which he named. " The botanical gentlemen (6) landed early 



on the following morning to examine the production of the country. 



The botanists found the scantiness of plants equal to that 



of the other productions." 



It would appear that Fowler's Bay was the first place in South 

 Australia visited by any botanist or collector. 



January 31st. — Point Bell and Sinclair's Eocks. 



February 1st. — Purdie's Isles. 



On February 3rd they landed on an island, nearly three miles 

 long, one of a small group called by him the Isles of St. Francis. Here 

 " the scientific gentlemen landed upon their respective pursuits." 



On the 4th " the great heat deterred the naturalists from going 

 on shore this morning, for the very little variety in the vegetable pro- 

 ductions presented no inducement to a repetition of their fatigue." 



February 5th. — Off Franklin's Isles and there " is a low projection 

 of the mainland to which the name of Point Brown was given, in com- 

 pliment to the naturalist ; and four leagues further, in the same line, 

 was a cliffy head, called Cape Bauer after the painter of natural history." 

 Streaky Bay named this day, also Point Westall in compliment to the 

 landscape painter. 



February 6th. — Smoky Bay was named. 



February 7th. — " The botanists preferred going on shore to the 

 more eastern land, which, though low, was much more extensive than 



the island nearer to the ship The soil at the top was 



little better than sand, but was overspread with shrubs, mostly of one 

 kind, a whitish velvety plant, Atriplex reniformis of Brown. "(c) 



Denial Bay named to-day. " At two o'clock Mr. Brown and 

 his party returned from the eastern island. . . . The anchor 

 was weighed on the return of the botanists." 



February 9th. — Petrel Bay and Cape Radstock. 



February 10th. — Point Weyland and Waldegrave's Isles. 



February 11th. — Here an island was visited; it is not important 

 for our inquiry, for " Mr. Brown remarked that this was the first island 

 where not a single novelty in natural history had presented itself to 

 his observation." 



February 13th. — At an island about five miles in length, where 

 " the botanical gentlemen landed early." This, from its size, is ap- 

 parently Flinders Island. The group of which it forms a part is the 

 Investigator's Group. " The vegetation differed from that of other 

 islands before visited, in that the lower lands were covered with large 

 bushes, and there was very little either of the white velvety shrub 



(Atriplex) or of the tufted wiry grass No other trees than a 



few small Casuarinas, at a distance from the anchorage, were seen 

 upon the island." 



February 15th. — Point Drummond. 



(6) A favorite expression of Flinders, and usually taken to mean Brown and 



Ferdinand Bauer. 



(f) Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 406. 



