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i8ia appears to be little doubt but that M. De Frey- 
March 6 . cinet is justified in his conjectures, that the 
islands, called by them “ Romarin" and “ Malus,” 
are those seen by that navigator. My conclusion 
results from his description of the place he landed 
at, for he says : 
« We were now on the inner side of the island, 
on whose outside is the bluff point : we rode a 
league from the land, and I presently went on 
shore, and carried shovels to dig for water, but 
found none. There grew here two or three sorts 
of' shrubs, one just like rosemary, and, therefore, 
I call this Rosemary Island. It grew here in 
great plenty, but had no smell. * * * In 
the sea, we saw some green turtle, a pretty many 
sharks, and abundance of water-snakes, of se- 
veral sorts and sizes. The stones were all of a 
rusty colour, and ponderous*.” 
The rosemary plants were found by us on En- 
derby Island, and bore a strong resemblance to 
the figure of one given by Dampier, which he 
thus describes: “ Conysa Novw Hottandice an- 
gustis rorismarini foliis : ” this plant, found at En- 
derby Island, may naturally be supposed to grow 
upon the other islands, since they are all similar in 
character. Enderby Island he certainly did not 
* Dampier, (Octavo, 1729,) vol. iii. p. 90. 
