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colour, is found on a smaller species of Eucalyptus 

 growing on highlands, and is much sought after for 

 food by the natives, who sometimes scrape from the 

 tree as much as a pound in a quarter of an hour. 

 It has the taste of a delicious sweetmeat, with an 

 almond flavour, and is so luscious that much can- 

 not be eaten of it. This is well worthy of attention 

 from our confectioners at home, and it may here- 

 after form an article of commerce, although from 

 what has fallen under my own observation, and 

 from what I have learnt from Mr. Eyre and others, 

 I should say it is not of frequent occurrence. The 

 first kind, being found strewed underneath the tree 

 probably exudes from the leaf, whilst the second 

 oozes from the stem. The wood of the latter is 

 much used for fuel by the natives, especially in 

 night-fishing, and burns brightly, without smoke, 

 diffusing also a delicious aromatic smell. 



On Christmas day, which w^e spent in Hobson's 

 Bay, we experienced one of those hot winds which 

 occasionally occur coming off the land. During its 

 prevalence, everything assumes a strange appear- 

 ance, — objects are seen with difficulty, and acquire 

 a tremulous motion like that which is imparted to 

 everything seen through the air escaping from an 

 over-heated stove. The thermometer on a wall 

 under the glare of the sun, stood at 135". 



We surveyed Hobson's Bay during our stay, and 

 connected it by triangulation with Melbourne. 

 Our observations were made at the inner end of a 

 small jetty. The mouth of the Yarra-yarra is closed 



