100 CROCODILES — ISLET IN TRINITY BAY. 



usual bar off the mouth of the supposed river, 

 determined Captain Stanley to return to the ship, 

 as the time which would otherwise have been spent 

 in exploring an useless creek might be devoted to 

 some better purpose. 



June 29th. — Left Fitzroy Island for an anchor- 

 age under Cape Grafton, where we remained for the 

 three following days. While running down to the 

 anchorage we entered a large patch of discoloured 

 water, with a perfectly defined margin, yet the lead 

 shewed no difference in the depth or nature of the 

 bottom. It would also appear that since Captain 

 King's survey the water has been shoahng here- 

 abouts. On a small island inshore, the skull of a 

 crocodile was found upon the beach, and this 

 reminds me that several of these animals were seen 

 in one of the rivers of Rockingham Bay. The 

 Australian " alligator," as it is usually called, is a 

 true crocodile, identical, according to Mr. Gray, 

 with the common Indian species. 



July Srd. — Ran to the north-west fifteen miles, 

 and, after having anchored midway to form a sur- 

 veying station, brought up finally under a small 

 unnamed islet in Trinity Bay. This island, viewed 

 fi-om our anchorage on its north-west side, presents 

 the appearance of a ridge connecting two rounded 

 eminences, with a sharp sea face exposing the 

 stratification of the rock. This is a micaceous rock, 

 assuming at one place the appearance of mica slate, 

 and at another being a conglomerate, with frequent 



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