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1820. tree, possessed the same deformed appearance, 
Oct. 5. it was evidently the peculiarity of its habit. 
The stem of the largest of these trees measured 
twenty -nine feet in girth, whilst its height did 
not exceed twenty-five feet. “ It was at this 
time in the earliest stages of foliation, the ex- 
tremities of the naked branches appearing green ; 
and one bud that was opened exhibited the cha- 
racter of folium quinatum * One of these trees 
has been introduced in the view of the encamp- 
ment at Careening Bay. It bore some resem- 
blance to the adansonia, figured . in the account of 
Captain Tuckey’s expedition to the Congo. 
The only quadruped that was seen upon this 
excursion, was a small opossum, which appeared 
to be the same animal that the colonists at Port 
Jackson call “the native cat : 55 its colour was 
light red, with small white spots. 
The principal object of my investigation was 
to find an opening in the bottom of the bay 
communicating with a large sheet of water, that 
wo had seen from the hills, to the southward; 
but, as we were not successful in finding any, it 
was supposed that its communication with the 
sea must be to the westward of Cape Brewster. 
Mr. Hunter and Mr. Cunningham had previ- 
ously made an excursion in that direction to 
* Cunning-ham MSS. 
