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and manners of the tribe witli whom he had so long 

 dwelt. He received his pardon and went to Ho- 

 barton, but such was the indolence he had con- 

 tracted that nothing could be made of him. 



The southern shore of Port Phillip is a singular 

 long narrow tongue of land, running out from the 

 foot of the range of which Arthur's Seat is the 

 most conspicuous point. I infer from the limestone 

 prevailing in it, and containing shells of recent 

 species, that it was once much beneath its present 

 level ; in fact, that it stops up what was formerly 

 a broad mouth of the bay, leaving only the present 

 narrow entrance at the western extremity. Over 

 its surface are scattered hills from one to two hun- 

 dred feet in height, in the valleys between which 

 was found some light sandy soil supporting at this 

 time rich grass, and at various places a thin growth 

 of Banksia, Eucalypti, and Casuarina, all stunted 

 and showing symptoms of having been roughly used 

 by the south wind. Near the spot we had chosen for 

 the centre of our observations was a well of inferior 

 water, and we did not find any better in the 

 neighbourhood. The point in question therefore 

 will never be very eligible as a settlement. The 

 kangaroos are numerous and large, and the finest 

 snappers I have ever heard of are caught off 

 this point, weighing sometimes as much as thirty 

 pounds. Our fishing experiments, however, were not 

 very productive, being principally sharks; thirteen 

 young ones were found in a single female of this 

 species. 



