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bear an elegant moniliform fucus. In the same place there is also 
a small yellow Trochus of which the individuals occur in numbers 
on the stones. The swampy shores of this river are covered with 
Ampullaria minima , which belongs to our genus Ampullacera. 
Sheltered places yielded us branches of Astrea galaxea whose 
polyp is a beautiful green colour. By dredging at the entrance of 
the Sound we obtained, in 50 fathoms, Comatulas 1 and flexible 
and stony corals. 
In King George’s Sound occur also Parmophoras, Boltenias, 
a large red species of Tubularia, etc. 
On land we collected Helix trilineata ; on Bald Head, Succinea 
elongata and Bnlimus melo. The base of this hill, formed of lime- 
stone, has incrustations apparently very recent, where the same 
shells which live in the harbour are seen, such as the large Cerithium 
leve mentioned above. But in traversing its summit for three- 
quarters of its extent, we did not meet with the fossil corals men- 
tioned by Vancouver. 
The English seal-fishers exchanged skins of seals and kangaroos 
for spirits and tobacco. These men procured us abundance of fish, 
turtle-doves, a seal, and some black petrels in full plumage in large 
numbers. They obtained these birds in holes on the islands which 
are at the entrance of the sound. These fishermen had with them 
aboriginal women of New Holland and of Van Diemen’s Land. 
These women fished, hunted with guns or, for kangaroos, with dog’s; 
they dived to obtain for us oysters and other shells, and they 
procured for us a large number of large lizards which we could not 
have obtained without their help. 
Mammals . 
King George’s Sound yielded us some young Perameles and a 
new species of kangaroo with a short tail, with long stiff fur, which 
we figure under the specific name of brachiurus. Some of the kan- 
garoos were very large, but we could not obtain any although we 
hunted them with several dogs trained for this purpose, the kan- 
garoos in their bounds left them far behind. The Australians have 
with them fine dogs with red hair which they call kangaroos. De- 
criptions and figures are given of : — 
Otaria australis , 2 new sp., female. — Although this Otaria was 
young, it was nevertheless about to pass down the only foetus 
which its uterus contained. This Otaria comes from King George’s 
Sound. 
Kangurus brachyurus , 3 new sp. — It was recently dead when 
we found it, probably from disease, since there was no appearance 
of a wound. 
1 Pti'ometra macronema, J. Mull. 
- Zalophus lobatus, Gray. 
3 Macropus brachyurus, Q. and G. (Short-tailed Wallaby). 
