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seven feet in diameter at the least, and nine feet 

 high. The small tent was six feet in diameter, and 

 eight feet high- 



Every man was then supplied with one pair of 

 blankets, one cloak, a double-barrelled gun or carbine, 

 a brace of pistols, cartridge box, small percussion 

 cap pouch, and six rounds of ammunition. The 

 arrangement for preserving the safety of the camp 

 from attack was, that every man, with the excep- 

 tion of Mr. Kennedy, should take his turn to watch 

 through the night— two hours being the duration of 

 each man's watch — the watch extending from 8 p.m. 

 till 6 A.M. During the night the kangaroo dogs 

 were kept chained up, but the sheep dog was at 

 large. 



The position of this our first encampment was 

 near the northern extremity of Rockingham Baj', 

 being in latitude 17° 68' 10" south, longitude 146" 8' 

 east. The soil, where our cattle and sheep were 

 feeding, was sandy and very wet. The land, from 

 the beach to the scrub in the swamp beyond, was 

 slightly undulating, and very thickly strewed with 

 shells, principally bivalves. 



On the morning of the 25th Ma}', a party com- 

 menced landing the remainder of our stores, and it 

 being a fine morning, I went out to collect specimens 

 and seeds of any new and interesting plants I might 

 find. On leaving the camp I proceeded through a 

 small belt of scrub to the rocks on the north ; the 

 scrub was composed of the genera Flagellaria, 



