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to take in brackifh water ; while, by means of 

 a hofe carried a few hectometers higher up, it 

 might be procured without any mixture of fea- 

 water, which renders it very unwholelbrae. 



On the banks of this rivulet grew various 

 fpecies of cafnar'ma, one of which was remarkable 

 for its club-fhaped fruit. I alfo faw there a ra- 

 ther tall fhrub, which forms a new genus in the 

 family of the crucifera. 



Numerous paths beaten by the kangaroos, ran 

 in the direction towards the rivulet, where thefe 

 animals frequently come to quench their thirft. 



The wind, which had been contrary to us in 

 going towards this watering-place, fhould have 

 favoured us on our return ; but it fell calm, and 

 it took us feveral hours to get on board. 



The barge arrived after four days abfence, 

 having in that time furveyed the whole ex- 

 tent of the Strait, which is about four myria- 

 meters and a half long, from fouth-weft to 

 north-eaft. Not lefs than fix fathoms and a 

 half water had been found in it, with a bottom 

 of mud, and fometimes of fine fand. Adventure 

 Bay is feparated from it only by a tongue of 

 Jand, the breadth of which is at moft four hec- 

 tometers. 



On the 23d, we waited only for a fair wind, 



to run into the Strait, in order to draw a 



plan of it with fome degree of correc~lnefs. 



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