432 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



he has given a good drawing of it. I had al- 

 ready found the fame fpecies at Cape Dieraen. 



We caught here a great many penguins, of the 

 fpecies called aptenodyta minor, which Captain 

 Cook had alfo met with at New Zealand ; thefe 

 were likewife concealed in very deep holes in the 

 rocks, from which it was often not a little diffi- 

 cult to get them out. 



One of the mod elevated fpots which I this 

 day vifited, for the firfl time, was formed of cal- 

 careous irone,difpofed in almoft horizontal frrata, 

 like that which I had met with on the heights; 

 it was of a very fine grain, exhibiting here and 

 there only a few little cavities. But here too I 

 did not remark any fhclls ; I prefume that it has 

 been produced by a flow depofit of calcareous 

 matter, conveyed in a flate of folution. 



The change of foil procured me a few plants, 

 which I had not before found. 



I here gathered a new and very remarkable 

 fpecies of eucalyptus, of which I fhall give a de- 

 fcription. 



The tailed flems of this fhrub are not above 

 four meters high ; they arc fmooth, and adorned 

 principally towards the extremity of each branch 

 with elongated, oval, alternate leaves, flightly 

 bowed, and about a decimeter long. 



The flowers, which are feflile, and commonly 

 borne to the number of from about eight to ten, 



at 



