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ascended its summit, and by a bearing of the isi9. 
land of Cape Bougainville the survey was con- Oct. 10. 
nected with Vansittart Bay. 
In the morning a young kangaroo was started 
by Mr. Cunningham, but made its escape ; the 
traces of these animals were very numerous on 
the sides of the hills ; several birds, new to us, 
were seen, and we also found about the bushes 
the tail-feathers of the cuculus phasianus, (Index 
Orn. Sup. p. 30*.) The summit of Crystal Head 
is of flat tabular form ; and the sides, which are 
both steep and rugged, are covered with stunted 
trees and high grass, now quite dry: the geo- 
logy of this part is principally of siliceous sand- 
stone ; and on the beach we found large detached 
water-worn masses of the same rock, incrusted 
with quartz and epidote in a crystallized state. 
No natives were seen ; but, from the large 
fires that were burning, a numerous party was 
probably collected at the bottom of the port. 
On the 11th we got under weigh, and an- n. 
chored again at a few miles further up the port, 
near a small rocky island, where the latitude 
was observed to be 14° 32' 45". In the after- 
* The Centropus phasianus , Tem. anal. pi. xxiv. 
Polophilus phasianus , Shaw’s Gen. Zool. vol. ix. p. 48. 
pi. xi Zool. Misc. pi. xlvi. 
Pheasant Cuckow. Gen. Syn. sup. xi. p. 137. 
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