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1820. the mud, and close to the canoe, the gentlemen 
A.^2. noticed the impression of a human foot, that 
must have been made since the previous high 
tide. They also saw an alligator, but it was 
not more than eight feet in length. 
Mr. Cunningham returned in the evening from 
a walk to the summit of Mount Cook, much fa- 
tigued from the difficulty he experienced in the 
ascent: he brought with him, however, a col- 
lection of specimens and seeds, which fully repaid 
him for the toil of his excursion. He also ren- 
dered his expedition useful to me, by taking the 
bearings of some reefs in the offing, and by fur- 
nishing a sketch of the bay on the south side of 
the mountain, and of the rivulet which falls into 
it. This did not appear to him to be deep enough 
for a vessel larger than a boat. It was this bay 
that Captain Cook first examined for a place to 
repair his ship, after his escape from the reef; 
but he found it much too inconvenient and ex- 
posed for his purpose ; and it was after this that 
Endeavour River was discovered. 
On one of Mr. Cunningham’s explorations he 
found several cabbage palms, (seaforthia elegans, 
Brown) ; but they were too distant from the tents 
to induce me to send for any for the ship’s com- 
pany. Besides this, he also found a species of 
yam, ( caladium macrorhisum, Cunn. MSS.), tne 
