T r e e s in t r o d
u c e d , &c.
T a b . a. f i g . 4 . Solcfnwn Spinofum Nova Hollandia, PhyUi foliis.
fubrotundis.
T a b . 3 . f i g . 1 . Scabiofa (forte) Novice Hollandia, Statices fo~
¿it's fubtus argenteis.
f i g . a . Alcea Nova Hollandia, foliis angujlis itirinque
villofts..
fig. 3» a plant of uncertain genus, with leaves- re-,
fembling thofe o f Amelanchier hob. .
fig.. 4. Dammara ex Nova Hollandia, fanamunda fe-.
cunda Cbvjii foliis. Perhaps a fpecies o f Ca~
narium, Linn, See Rumph. Amb. 2. p. 145,.
et feq.
T a b . 4 . f ig . . 1... EquifetumNova Hollandia,frutefcens foliis Ion-
giffitnis.,:
fig. a., Colutea Nova Hollandia, floribus amplis cocci~
neis, umbellatim. difpojitis macula purpurea
notatis.
fig. 3.. Conyza Nova Hollandiaanguflis, Rofttnarini
foliis.
f i g . 4 . Moboh infula Timor. ■ .
T h e figures in- tab. 5. are certainly the Fucus natans, Lim
Syf, PI. iv. p. 564-
N a t u r e , it is true, denies this fine climate the fruits of the
tropics, or even o f the warmer parts of the temperate zone;, yet
Governor Pbillip gives us the comfortable afijirance, that all the-
fruit trees and plants that were brought undamaged from the-
Brazils and the Cape, profperhere greatly. Oranges flourifh,.
and figs and vines ftill better. European efculents fucceed admirably.
rably. The cauliflowers and the melons o f his Excellency’s
garden are admirable in their kind.
C l a y is difcovered, which makes good bricks ; but no lime-
fione has as yet been found. I As to Ihell lime, the quantity
is fo fmall, that it is impofiible to colledt fufficient for ufe.
How fatal are thefe defedfs to the progrefs o f archite¿ture in Hollandia
Nova. Neither are there any hopes o f its becoming a marine
power, as it wants timber fit even to build a boat. Norfolk
IJland, I fear, muft not only be its nurfing mother, but the re-
fource for the fupport o f its marine.
M u l t i t u d e s o f nuts and fruits o f diftant regions are fre- exotic N u t s ,
quently flung in great abundance on this coaft, brought thither shore.ST S"
by the wind and waves, as thofe o f the Antilles are to the ihores
o f Norway, or the Scottijh Hebrides. Among them are cocoa-
nuts in abundance; but all are covered with Balani, or other
marine productions, a fure fign o f the length o f the voyage.
They aré fuppofed to have been brought by the trade winds,
which blow full on this ihore, and to have come from Terra del
Efpirito Santo, or the New Hebrides IJlands, vifited by Captain
Cook in 1774.
L e t me now refume the coaft. At the fmall diftance o f eight
miles to the north o f Port Jackfon is Broken Bay, a name given broken Bat.
by Captain Cook, when he paifed it by on his departure northwards.
It was examined by Mr. Phillip in March 1788*, found
to be extenfive, and to have two mouths; one impeded by a bár,
fo that the entrance , is impervious except by fmall veflels; the
othér capable o f admitting ihips of the greateft burden. The
land here was higher than that about Port Jackfon, more rocky,
* Voy. p. 76.
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