OF LA PBROUSE. II 



feveral new fpecies ol fcjlucay ferved to hold 

 together the fands. A new geranium, with an 

 herbaceous ftcm, very fmall, and with leaves 

 very much indented, was in the number of the 

 plants which I gathered: it was the firft plant 

 of this genus that I faw in this country. 



I had already perceived fome burrows dug in 

 the places where the fand had fufficient folidi- 

 ty : I foon faw a greater number of them ; but 

 I knew not what animal had formed them, 

 when a middle-fized kangaroo got up on our 

 approach, and earthed itfelf in one of them : 

 it was in vain that we difcharged our pieces 

 feveral times into the holes, in hopes that the 

 fmoke would make it come out \ it ftill remain- 

 ed there clofe. 



Shortly after, a great many tracks of kanga- 

 roos, made acrofs a little wood, roufed the ar- 

 dour of two fportfmen who were with us : they 

 prcfently difcovered, in the middle of a mea- 

 dow watered by a charming rivulet, feveral of 

 thcfe quadrupeds; not one of which, however, 

 would fuffer itfelf to be approached. 



At length we arrived on board, the more fa- 

 tigued as, for the laft forty hours, we had not 

 had a linglc moment's fleep. 



I cmpa>\cd the fourfollnningdays in vifiting 



the environs of our anchora<xe. I there found, 



towards the fouth fouth-eafl, a fine tree, which 



3 fecmcd 



