CONTENT*. 



CHAPTER V. 



Stay at Tort D " Entrecafleaux. Indications of its 

 . Jhorcs being frequented by favages. Various ex- 

 curfiom to the interior of the country. Trees of 

 a prodigious height. Goodnefs of the foil. Black 

 fwans. Large trunks of trees, excavated by fire, 

 ferve as a retreat to the natives. Kangaroo. 

 Different anatomical obfervations compared. 

 7 / acks of wild beafls at Cape Diemen. Sheds 

 erected by the natives. Frame of their hits. 

 A violent fquall breaks our mooring cluiin. 

 IVe get aground on the mud. JVe meet with 

 a young favage. JVe difcover a jlruit, by 

 which a veffel may pafs from Storm Bay to Ad- 

 jure Bay. I Juts of the favages. Seal called 

 phoca monachus. The heart of this amphibious 

 animal has no foramen ovale. Other various 

 nts of comparative anatomy. Signs of wild 

 b rafts at Cape Diemen. Huts which appeared to 

 us : ntly inhabited. Trees fit for 



building. Viviparous fly J he larva? of which 

 Jbott flffh to putnfy. Broiled human 



bcucs found by C.i'izcn Riche. The Sad-maker 

 cf ' , . hbnfeif in the woods. The 



fhips get aground on the mud Some utenfils 

 of the favages. Situation of the obfervatory. 

 3 I \uiation 



