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south-west end, which we placed in lat. 20" 27' 47 " S. 

 and long. 0" 8' 20" west of Swan River. The 

 time of high-water here at full and change, was 

 about 10 o'clock, when the tide rose fourteen feet ; 

 the flood stream came from the northward. 



We found that Tremouille was as scantily supplied 

 with vegetation as Barrow's Island; in one or two 

 places was growing a stunted kind of wood, sufficient 

 for fuel for a small sized ship ; but there was no 

 sign of water. The wallaby, which were very nu- 

 merous, must have got their supply of moisture 

 from the copious dews. They were found lying 

 very close in the wiry prickly grass, allowing us to 

 kick them out, when they went off at speed, afford- 

 ing excellent sport, quite equal to any rabbit 

 shooting; among three guns we managed, in a 

 couple of hours, to bag nearly twenty. It was 

 quite a new kind of wallaby, and has been classed, 

 from a specimen we brought away, as Lagorchester 

 Conspicillata. It had a blunt nose, similar to 

 those at Barrow's Island, and was about the same 

 size, though its colour was lighter, and it had a back 

 exactly like a European hare. The tail| tapered 

 away like a rat's, and the flesh was by no means 

 good to eat, tasting very strong; this was the only in- 

 stance in which we found wallaby at all unpalatable. 



Although our exploration in this neighbourhood 

 did not lead to our finding any of the land fertile, 

 yet from the new feature our chart will give to this 

 part of the coast, the necessity of the Beagle's visit 



