340 HISTORY OF 



point remarkable for its red cliffs. To the 

 Westward of this point, the latitude was 27° 16' 

 25" South. The rocks were stone, impregnated 

 with iron, with some pieces of granite and crys- 

 tal about the shore. 



From this point they made to a green head- 

 land, two miles Westward. The reefs off this 

 head appeared a truly remarkable miniature of 

 those that form a barrier to the North shore 

 of New South Wales. 



In a hut standing on the side of the head, 

 they found a net fourteen fathoms long, with 

 meshes larger than any English seine, and of much 

 stronger twine ;• its depth was, however, much 

 less, being only three feet, and at each end was 

 a stick of nearly the same length, pointed at the 

 end. On the shoal near the hut were several 

 semicircular inclosures, made Math sticks and 

 branches, set and interwoven so close, that no 

 fish could pass. The net Lieut. Flinders sup- 

 posed was to be placed across the semicircle at 

 high water, and thus secure the fish that might 

 get within the inclosure, until the tide should 

 leave them dry. He brought away the net, as 

 a proof of the ingenuity of these natives, and 

 left them in return a hatchet, and that they 

 might learn the great use of it, he cut down se- 

 veral branches, and laid them near the hut. 



Some wood, which the crew at high water 

 collected for their fire, proved to be cedar of a 

 fine grain. The remnant of a canoe made of 

 bark was found lying on the shore, near the hut 

 from which the net had been taken. 



