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tinues along the eastern side of Barrow's Island, 

 extending off three miles ; our anchorage was conse- 

 quently little more than that distance from the shore. 

 We examined the northern and eastern sides ; the 

 former is composed of red sandstone cliffy pro- 

 jections, separated by sandy bays, fronted for nearly 

 two miles by a coral reef, partly dry at low water ; 

 but the south part of the eastern side becomes very 

 low ; and where the cliffs end there is a remarkable 

 valley trending westwards. There were recent 

 marks of the sea many feet above the ordinary 

 reach of the tides, bespeaking occasional strong 

 south-east winds. A number of stony-topped hills, 

 from 150 to 200 feet in height, were scattered 

 over the northern parts of the island. In the valleys 

 was a little sandy soil, nourishing the spinifex, and a 

 stunted kind of wood sufficiently large for fuel. 



We found a new kind of kangaroo and wallaby on 

 Barrow's Island ; but the only specimen obtained of 

 the former was destroyed through the neglect of the 

 person in whose charge it was left. It was a buck, 

 weiohino- fifty pounds, of a cinnamon colour on 

 the back and a dirty white on the belly ; the hair 

 was fine and long ; the head of a peculiar shape, 



who places them ia 20" 40' S. It was by his description that I 

 recognized them beyond a doubt, although his longitude would 

 place them thirteen degrees more to the westward, and near the 

 position they have occupied for years in the charts. The centre 

 of them bears N. byE. five miles and a quarter from Cape 

 Dupuis, the north-west point of Barrow's Island. 

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