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hammer upon an anvil. At daybreak they all exerted themselves ini 
full chorus.” On the banks of Roe’s River “some of our party 
thought they saw both an emu and a black swan amongst the: 
bushes.” 
At Careening Bay “a few birds were observed on the wing, 
chiefly, however, of the pigeon kind.” At Brunswick Bay “Mr. 1 
Hunter shot seven or eight brace of birds; they were of two kinds- i 
- — one a species of oyster-catcher, and the other a sandpiper.” 
“A snake about seven feet long was seen at York Sound., 
“Alligators” were frequent in all the rivers, “as many as twelve 
were seen by Mr. Roe in his passage down Roe’s River. Two were* 
tired at, but the balls glanced of ¥ their tough coats of mail without 
hurting or scarcely frightening them.” In Brunswick Bay, “as we 
passed a small round islet, an alligator, which had been basking in i 
the sun, alarmed at our approach, rushed into the water and, as we 
came near the spot, rose to reconnoitre us, but instantly sunk; 
again.” 
“If we may judge from the number of snakes at so advanced l 
a period of the dry season, when they are generally in a dormant 
state, reptiles are very numerous” at Careening Bay. “Mr. Cun- 
ningham found a very curious species of lizard, 1 remarkable* 
for having a thin membranaceous appendage attached to the back, 
of its head and round the neck and falling over its shoulders im 
folds as low as the forearm. It was sent by Mr. Cunningham to the 
College of Surgeons, where it is now preserved. Small lizards, cen- 
tipedes, and scorpions were numerous about our encampment; and I 
the trees and bushes about the tents were infested by myriads of' 
hornets and other insects, particularly mosquitoes and small sand- 
flies, which annoyed us very much in the evenings.” 
In York Sound a “hill was strewed about with ant-hills con- 
structed of dry dusty sand.” In Roe’s River “fish were plentiful,, 
but principally of that sort which the sailors call ‘cat-fish.’ Of 
these several were caught.” 
For Captain King’s fourth voyage a new and larger brig was- 
purchased and named the “Bathurst,” and a third officer, named I 
Baskerville, joined the expedition. Mr. Montgomery replaced Mr. 
Hunter as surgeon. The “Bathurst” left Port Jackson on 26th May,. 
1821. On 13th July she was off Cassini Island on the Kimberley- 
coast and proceeded to Careening Bay, passing the Maret Islands - 
on the way. A further survey of Brunswick Bay was made and the : 
coast followed southward as far as Cape Latouche Treville, fromi 
which they proceeded on 27th August to Mauritius for supplies. 
“Many kangaroo-rats and small kangaroos were seen skipping’: 
about the rocks” at Brunswick Bay, “but they were very shy , and I 
fled the moment they saw us.” 
In Collier’s Bay “several whales, of that species called by 
whalers fin-backs, were playing about us all day, and during the 1 
1 Chlamydosaurus kingi, Gray (Frilled Lizard), v. infra. 
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