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Caledon Bayl\ 
three-quarters of a mile of a rocky point at the head ; and the rocks iso3. % 
j 1 ebTuary i 
of Point Alexander may there be nearly, if not altogether brought 
to shut on with those of Cape Grey. Wood for fuel was plentiful 
every where, and there was no difficulty in procuring water from 
the ponds and holes in the low, sandy land near the shore of Point 
Alexander ; but from May to December, I doubt whether they 
would not all be dried up, as well as the small streams which de- 
scended from Mount Caledon. Our success with the seine was very 
moderate, more sea slugs, or what we called sea cucumbers from 
their shape, being brought on shore than fish ; these differed from 
what we had seen on the reefs of the East Coast, in being of a more 
firm consistence, and of a light brown or grey, instead of a black 
colour: when these slugs were pressed with the foot, they threw out a 
stream of water to some distance. 
The country round Caledon Bay, especially at the heads of 
the two branches, is generally low land ; Mount Caledon and the 
‘Hills of the south side are of granite, and this stone is found in some 
other parts ; but at Point Alexander the basis is a sand stone, more 
or less impregnated with iron, and at Point Middle it is almost iron 
ore. A piece of this last stone carried the needle of the theodolite 
entirely round ; yet the 'bearings taken from thence did not show 
any difference from those at Mount Caledon, and from those upon 
Point Alexander, taken from a hillock of sea sand, they did not differ 
more than half a degree. 
So far as our examination went the soil is poor, being either 
sandy or stony, with a small mixture in some places of vegetable earth ; 
notwithstanding which both the grass and wood were luxuriant, 
owing to the abundance of rain which had lately fallen, and to the 
warmth of the climate : in the dry season, I should judge the coun- 
try would be almost burnt up. The casuarina was plentiful in the 
sandy places, and the eucalyptus amongst the rocks, where it reached 
a tolerable size ; the wild nutmeg was found upon Point Middle, 
and there alone ; our apple, the new species of eugenia, grew on 
