1^2 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



Among the great number of plants which 

 grew in the neighbouring woods, we found the 

 fchcfflcra repens, and feveral fpecies of a new ge- 

 nus of the family of the pedicx /a res, and nearly al- 

 lied lo the polygala. Among the fhrubs which 

 adorned thele lands, lying towards the fca, we 

 remarked a fine fpecies of the fingle-leaved mi- 

 tnofa, the legume of which was fhaped in the 

 form of an S. 



We faw with a wifhful eye, a numerous 

 flock of black fwans, which fwam away from us. 

 ] remarked to the fouth-eaft, towards the fhore 

 oppofite to the lake, fome iflots covered with 

 fhruh-. We fhot various fpecies of In i pes, when 

 we advanced to the fouth-eaft, in order to reach 

 the extremity the fartheit from the fea. The 

 bottom of the lake is fo even, that we fcarcely 

 found the difference of a demi-meter of water 

 in the fpace of upwards of a hectometer. It is 

 covered with a prodigious quantity of Ihells, 

 partly deftroyed by the hand of time. 



We found on its banks the crithmum marhftim, 



and at a fhert diftance from them a new fpecies 



of parilcy, which I denominated aplum proftra- 



account of the difpofition of its ftem, 



ii is always proftratc on the ground. Its ana- 



:i fpecies of the fame genus 



me conlidcr it as a good article of food, and 



my 



