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and the great hardships he endured, it is surprising 

 how the information collected was obtained. 



From this point we proceeded one mile west over a 

 dry, arid plain, covered with yellow and white ever- 

 lasting flowers of small growth : a little patch of 

 wood land, consisting of a species of wattle and a 

 very small kind of gum, here delayed our progress. 

 The ground beneath these trees was entirely barren 

 of vegetation ; but emerging from them, we came 

 upon the only piece of grass of a useful nature 

 seen in the route ; it was, however, quite parched, 

 and occupied a space only of three or four acres. 

 From thence to the coast dunes, to reach which 

 we made a detour to the S. W. walking over about 

 six miles of country, all was scrub and sand. On 

 the low ridge, lying immediately behind the coast 

 range of sand-hills, limestone occasionally cropped 

 out. Embarking, we proceeded in a boat to examine 

 a small estuary, seen from Mount Fairfax, at the 

 northern part of the bay. This we found to be 

 separated from the sea by a low bank of sand, thirty 

 feet wide and five high, over which the sea appeared 

 in gales to enter ; but from the manner in which the 

 sand hills overlapped at the mouth, it was not pos- 

 sible to detect the entrance from seawards. We landed 

 and traced it for a mile in an east direction, until 



versed by us in common, will be found to coincide almost exactly 

 * * * * J am, my dear Sir, yours faithfully, G. Grey." 



I need scarcely add, that Captain Grey having been obliged to 

 assume his latitude, none of his positions, during this harassing 

 journey, can be expected to be accurate. 



