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bearing some resemblance to the curious appearance 

 of Cape Bedford. I am inclined to believe this 

 formation to be floetz trappe. Their elevation is 

 about four hundred feet, being twice the general 

 height of the Peninsulu. 



The temperature during our stay averaged 82", 

 while land and sea breezes prevailed. We should 

 not omit to mention, that Lieut. Stewart, when 

 visiting Raffles Bay in order to invite the French 

 officers as above alluded to, found that a deep inlet 

 intervening, formed a good harbour, to which he 

 gave the name of Port Bremer. Of the old settle- 

 ment nothing remained, save the graves of those 

 whose labours had tended to render this part of 

 Australia another outlet for the surplus population 

 of the mother country, extending at the same time 

 the blessings of civilization. The rapid growth of 

 rank vegetation had swept all else away, and there 

 in solemn solitude, upon that still and silent shore, 

 mouldered the bones of the original colonists of 

 Raffles Bay, whose praiseworthy efforts were ren- 

 dered futile, by the unfavourable reports forwarded 

 to Government ; reports we cannot think entirely 

 free from prejudice, when we know from Captain 

 Law's account, that one of the Commandants de- 

 clared that he felt disposed to sell out of the army 

 in preference to going there.* One thus prepared 

 to dislike the place, could scarcely be expected to 



* See Wilson's Voyage round the World, p. 153. 



