AN ACCOUNT 



OF 



A VOYAGE 



IN SEARCH OF 



LA PEROUSE. 



CHAPTER X. 



Stay in Rocky Bay, Various e.vciirsions into 

 the interior of the country. Goodness of 

 the soil. Singular organization of the bark 

 of several trees peculiar to Nezv Holland. - 

 Difficulty of penetrating into the forests. 

 The trees in the interior of the country are 

 not excavated by fre, as by the seaside. 

 Pit-coal tozcards the north-west of the 

 South Cape. Interview with the savages. 

 Their conduct towards us very peaceable. 

 One of them comes in the nighty to look at us 

 during our sleep. Several accompany us across 

 'he woods. Other different interviews 's.'ith 

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