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informed us that our comrades were in the neighbourhood, 
near a pool of water like a fishing-pond, where Cranch had 
just shot an Anhinga. We went down to the river side, 
and to our great joy found here the whole company, who 
had just had an immense draught of large fishes of a spe- 
cies of Sparus. It was near dinner-time, and we thought 
it best to accompany them on board. We returned accord- 
ingly with a full cargo, more like wood-cutters than bota- 
nists. Cranch had not been very fortunate. We observed 
but few insects, and the birds were very shy. I sawa 
number of parrots, small parroquets, a black-bird on the 
wing, and two small Moticille, but did not fire a single 
shot. Galwey brought to me a beautiful violet-coloured 
Robinia, which I had not seen before. We had collected 
plants, the examination of which would require weeks, 
though our excursion had been so yery short, not more 
than four hours. Lockhart and myself were occupied the 
whole afternoon and evening in laying in specimens of 
plants. I considered that the best way would be to pre- 
serve them immediately, and put a specimen of each in 
water. We found ourselves quite exhausted. The heat 
was from 6° to 8° of Fahrenheit greater inland, than on 
the sea-shore. 
July 12. We examined plants all this day. The two 
double-boats had already been put into the water last 
night. Both are fitted up to-day, and to-morrow we shall 
leave the ship. A boat from Embomma is with us. The 
natives tell us that all the vessels which were at that place 
had betaken themselves to flight before we entered the 
