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SIR JOSEPH BANKS. 
Fifth Voyage . — The “ Mermaid ” was then condemned as unsea- 
worthy, and H.M. Storeship “ Dromedary,” was rechristened the 
“ Bathurst,” and placed under the command of Lieut. P. P. King, 
with Allan Cunningham, Botanical Collector, as before. She 
left Port Jackson on 26th May, 1821, followed the east coast, 
and passed round Breaksea Spit, visited Percy Island, anchored 
under Cape Grafton, Hope Islands, and Lizaid Island. Passed 
Cape Flinders, anchored in Margaret Bay and under Cairncross 
Island ; passed through Torres Straits, and visited Goulburn Island. 
Passage was then made from Cape Van Diemen to Careening Bay, 
and Prince Regent’s River was visited. Anchored in Half-way 
Bay, and Munster Water and Hanover Bay were explored in a boat. 
Then Port George the Fourth, Red Island, Camden Bay, Buccaneer’s 
Archipelago, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque, Cape Latouche Treville were 
successively visited. The brig being found in a dangerous condition, 
the Australian coast was then left, and a course steered for Port Louis, 
Mauritius, to refit, where she arrived on 27th September, 1821. Mauri- 
tius was left on 15th November, and King George’s Sound, Western 
Australia, reached on 24th December. A stay here enabled Cunningham 
(who found no trace of the garden he had been at great pains to form 
in 1818) to make fine collections. The brig then commenced a survey 
of the west coast at Rottnest Island. The coast was then examined 
to the northward, and Cape Leschenault, Lancelin Island, Jurien Bay, 
Houtman’s Abrolhos, and Red Point were in turn visited, and the 
brig anchored in Dirk Hartog’s Roads at the entrance to Shark’s Bay. 
Then the coast was examined to the North-West Cape, Barrow Island, 
and Montebello Isles. Rowley’s Shoals and Cape Leveque were passed, 
and the brig had a dangerous experience among the islands of Bucca- 
neer’s Archipelago. After an examination of Cygnet Bay, a course 
was shaped for Port Jackson, which was reached on the 25th April, 
1822. Here ended the voyages of Cunningham with Captain P. P. King. 
The excellent maps that accompany Captain King’s volume enable us 
in most cases readily to ascertain the precise places where Cunningham 
made his collections. Cunningham was very happy in his commander, 
who was an accomplished man in many respects. Doubtless owing 
to his association with Cunningham he turned his attention to botany 
and horticulture. 
Allan Cunningham published a sketch of the botaii}* of the coast 
surveys under the following title : — 
“ A Few General Remarks on the Vegetation of t ertain Coasts of 
Terra Australis, and More Especially of its North-Western Shores,” 
by Mr. Allan Cunningham, Collector to the Royal Gardens at Kcw. 
