4 
SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL 
When passing Red Point, which is on the 
south-side of the bay, several natives were seen 
upon it ; one of them came to the verge of the 
rocks that overhang the extremity of the point, 
and made violent gestures, but, whether they 
were those of friendship or hostility, could not 
be ascertained. Boongaree answered him in the 
Port Jackson language, but they were equally 
unintelligible to each other. The native had a 
spear in one hand, and either a throwing stick, or 
a club, in the other ; both of which, with his legs 
widely extended, he flourished most furiously 
over his head. This man was quite naked, but a 
woman near him wore a kangaroo’s skin over her 
shoulders. Several small parties of natives were 
seen in the other parts of the bay, but they ap- 
peared more anxious to avoid than to court a 
communication with us. 
On anchoring in Snug Cove, I went on shore 
with Mr. Roe and Mr. Cunningham : Boongaree 
also accompanied us, clothed in a new dress, 
which was provided for him, of which he was not 
a little proud, and for some time kept it very 
clean. 
Wood was abundant and near at hand, and the 
water, which is in a morass at the back of the 
beach, although shallow, and covered with a 
species of asolla, was both good and plentiful. 
