wrecks strewed the shore of Geographe Bay. Sharks were enormous 
and numerous, and Fish generally exist here in great abundance. 
The bottom of the sea is composed of a calcareous sand, some- 
times passing into marl or clay. On this there are endless varieties 
of marine plants, and these seem to form the sustenance of quanti- 
ties of small fish. 
When it is considered that the bank extends a hundred miles 
from the shore, and whenever the botto.m is seen presents a moving* 
picture of various animals gliding over the green surface of the 
bottom, it is not too much to look forward to the time when a valu- 
able fishery may be established on these shores. 
Of shells there is the greatest abundance ; they are thrown up 
on the beach in a bed of several feet in thickness. 
In the narrative mention is also made of Red-bills seen on the 
Swan River, and of a point on its banks which contained the greatest 
number of .mosquitoes of all places he had ever visited. 
On May 2, 1820, Captain Charles Freinantle, of 1I.M.S. “Chal- 
lenger, " hoisted the British flag on the South head and took formal 
possession in the name of His Majesty King George IV. of “all that 
part of New Holland which is not included within the territory of 
New South Wales.” 
A month later, on 2nd June, the transport “Parmelia” arrived, 
having on board Captain Stirling, who had been appointed Lieu- 
tenant-Governor of the new colony, and the first party of settlers. 
At this point I must close this second part of my “History.” 
The following is a list of all the animals mentioned in the narra- 
tives quoted' as far as I have been able to identify them. The iden- 
tifications in many cases depend on the fact that only one species of 
a particular family is known to inhabit the district from which it 
was described, e.g. Macropus eugenii , on the Abrolhos Islands. In 
other cases the actual description gives sufficient particulars for an 
accurate identification. 
In all cases where there was any reasonable doubt as to the 
species met with, I have only included the family or larger group 
to which the species belongs. 
The distribution is indicated by the Roman numerals which refer 
to the areas shown on the accompanying map, for which I am in- 
debted to my colleague Mr. G. Pitt Morison. The date after each 
indicates the year in which the species or family was discovered in 
the district, not that in which the discovery was published. 
MAMMALIA. 
Marsupialia. 
Peramelidae (Bandicoots) II. 1826. 
Perameles bougainvillei, Q. and G., IV. 1822. 
