I74 VOYAGE IN SEAKClt 



habit of burning their dead. Thefe were the 

 only human bones that were feen during our 

 ftay at this anchorage. 



On the 13th I went to the fpot where We 

 took in our water. It was furnifhed by a fmall 

 rivulet that emptied itfelf on the fea-ihore, after 

 having flowed acrofs the ruins of the large trees 

 with which this country is covered. Their de- 

 compofition had coloured this water with a 

 brown tint. It was neceffary to roll the cafks 

 about a hectometer, for the ihoalnefs of the bot- 

 tom obliged the launch to be kept at this diftance 

 from the beach. 



We here faw the carpenters employed in raid- 

 ing the gunnel of our launch, fhe having lately 

 overfet in the harbour, when under fail. The 

 people who were in her had been forced to fwim 

 till affifiance was fent to them. The firft lieu- 

 tenant had had her fitted with mafts too taunt, 

 and fails much too fqunre. It was eafy to 

 rectify thefe bad proportions. 



The wood that was employed was the new 

 fpecies of eucalyptus, which I have named euca- 

 lyptus globulus. Our carpenters judged it very 

 fii for fhip-building. 



A conftant humidity reigned in the middle of 

 thefe thick forcfts, into which I penetrated to- 

 wards the fouth-weft. In this fpot grew, in the 

 fullcft vigour, a great many mofles and ferns. 



I here 



