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garoo was seen by Mr. Cunningham feeding i 82 i. 
upon the grass, but fled the moment that it saw June is. 
him approaching. 
Nothing more was seen of the natives, nor 
were any heard, or suspected of being near us ; 
had there been any number the party would have 
been placed in an awkward situation, for upon 
landing, they all incautiously, and very impru- 
dently, separated, to amuse themselves as they 
were inclined, without regarding the situation of 
the boat, which was soon left dry by the ebbing 
tide; and it was eight o’clock at night before 
they succeeded in launching her. Immediately 
after its return, for which we had been waiting 
four hours, we got underweigh, and were only just 
in time to save the breeze, which carried us out 
into the ofiing : after a short calm, the wind gra- 
dually freshened from S.S.W., and we steered 
on under easy sail towards Cape Tribulation. 
On passing the cape two reefs were seen to sea- 19- 
ward, which had previously escaped our notice. 
In the afternoon we anchored in ten fathoms, 
at about half a mile from the north-west end of 
the reef that stretches for two miles to the north- 
ward of the south westernmost Hope Island ; 
and, as it was low water and the reef uncovered, 
we walked across it. It is formed principally 
of coral, on the surface of which we found the 
