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spear sticking in it with which it had probably been killed by the igos. 
natives. The stench of this ravenous monster was great, even be- ™ Jai ™ ai > 
° ' Tuesday 12. 
fore it was dead ; and when the stomach was opened, it became in- 
tolerable. 
On the 13th, the wind blew fresh from the eastward ; and as Wednes. 13. 
we could not sail with the ship, lieutenant Fowler and Mr. Thistle 
went over to Mondrain Island, the largest we had yet seen in the 
archipelago. An observation of the latitude and a set of angles 
were there taken, and they brought back some seals of a reddish 
fur, and a few small kanguroos of a species different from any I 
had before seen. The island was covered with brush wood; but 
some of the party, either from accident or design, set it on fire ; and 
the wind being fresh, there was a general blaze in the evening, all 
over the island. 
Very little other stone was seen about Lucky Bay than gra- 
nite ; and all the surrounding hills, as well as the islands visited, 
were composed of varieties of the same substance ; and some speci- 
mens from Mondrain Island contained garnets. In many places the 
surface of the rocks was scaling off in layers, and in the steep 
parts great lumps had fallen off, and some caverns were formed in 
the cliffs. This propensity to decomposition was more remarkable 
in the high peak of Cape Le Grand, about five miles to the west- 
ward, to which Mr. Brown made an excursion. He found a per- 
foration at the top forming an arch of great width and height, and 
above it, at the very summit of the peak, were loose pieces of 
granite of considerable size. 
There did not appear to be any Indians at this time in the 
neighbourhood of Lucky Bay ; but from their fire places, it was 
judged that they had not quitted it long since. Geese and ducks 
were found here, and not being very shy, some of them were killed 
by the shore parties. The goose was also found upon the islands ; 
and is the same bird spoken of in the Introduction, page cxxxv, as 
