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THISTLE COVE. 
among which, the streams I had crossed, probably 
took their rise ; but there were no trees to be seen 
any where, except a few of the tea or cabbage-trees. 
I do not think that any of the three fresh-water 
streams we had crossed would be permanent, their 
present current being owing entirely to the recent 
rains ; but when they are running, and the weather 
is moderately fair, they afford an admirable oppor- 
tunity of watering a vessel with very little trouble, 
the water being clear and pure to its very junction 
with the sea. 
At night we made our supper of the flag-roots we 
had brought with us, and a spoonful of flour a-piece, 
boiled into a paste. The night was very cold and 
windy, and having neither shelter nor fire -wood at 
the sand-drifts where we were, we spent it miserably. 
June 2. — As we had made a shorter stage yester- 
day than I intended to have done, and the quantity 
of flour we had now remaining was very small, I 
did not dare to make use of any this morning, and 
we commenced our journey without breakfast. 
Being now near Thistle Cove, where I intended to 
halt for some time, and kill the little foal for food, 
whilst the other horses were recruiting, and as I 
hoped to get there early this afternoon, I was 
anxious to husband our little stock of flour in the 
hope, that at the little fresh -water lake described by 
Flinders, as existing there, we should find abun- 
dance of the flag-reed for our support. Keeping a 
little behind the shore for the first hour, we crossed 
