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prickly leaves. We also found and procured *???' 
seeds of sophora tomentosa , and a plant of the June 23, 
natural order scitamnece, hellenia coerulea, Brown : 
two parasitical plants of orchidece were found 
growing upon the bark of trees in the shady 
place near our watering-place; one was dendro - 
bium caniculatum , Brown ; the other was also sub- 
sequently found at Cape Grafton, and is not 
yet described ; it has oblong, three-nerved, thick 
and leathery leaves ; we saw no quadrupeds, and 
but very few birds. 
On the 24th we left Fitzroy Island and, steer- 24. 
ing round Cape Grafton, hauled in towards the 
centre of Trinity Bay. To the west of Cape 
Grafton, an opening was observed in the beach, 
that bore every appearance of being the mouth of 
a rivulet, from the broken and irregular form of 
the hills behind it. 
At noon, our latitude was 16° 28' 48", and three 
small islands were in sight a-head, which we 
passed to seaward of. They are laid down 
by Captain Cook as one island, whereas they 
are distinctly three, but all connected by a 
reef which was covered when we passed. At 
2h. 30m., p.m., we anchored under Snapper 
Island, (so called by Lieutenant Jeffreys,) but 
found the anchorage more open than had been 
expected. 
