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be commanded by Fluted Cape, which confifts 

 of a reddifli fand-ftonc, difpofcd in (Irata, pa- 

 rallel to each other, and perpendicular to the 

 horizon. The difference of tint of thefe llrata 

 prefent, ;it a diitance, appearances of deep 

 grooves, which lias obtained ii the name that 

 it bears. Perhaps it is only by a typographical 

 error that it is Ihited that Anderfon found this 

 cape to be formed of v.lute fand-ftone. 



I gathered on Penguin Illand a new fpccies' 

 of mugv\'ort, remarkable for its large leaves, 

 of a light fuvn colour; a eucalyptus ^ of a mid- 

 dling height, which was eafily diftinguiflied 

 by its leaves, which are oppofite, fertile and 

 glaucous; an emhothriuin with its leaves very 

 deeply indented ; feveral fine fpecies of phila- 

 delphus^ the flowers of which have no fmell, 

 &c. &:c. 



We found a raft which the fea had thrown on 

 the wcRern Ihore of Adventure I5ay. Perhaps 

 it had been made ufe of by fome favages, to 

 come from Maria's Iflands into this bay. It was 

 made of the bark of a tree, of a form nearly 

 fimilar to tliat of Fig. 2> Plate XLlVy as broad^ 

 but upwards of a third Ihorter. The pieces of 

 bark of whiLh it v as made, were difpofed in 

 ihects, much thiniicrthan thofe of the eucalyptus 

 rcjinifcra. They had been joined together by 

 knitrlcs made of grafs, exhibiting ^ web of 



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