BOO K and eunants,'a greater, variety o f .applies., pears, plains,
'— v~~~> limes, peaches,-, i&c. Experiments might.alfo be made
oafber. of the tarro root, yams, Inch’fwcet potatoes. Annual
and perennial flowers fare; fti 11 defiderata here. : The
.birds.of this place ard>of;federal kinds j fuch as the
■ 'black and—tyinfe: - cockatoo, variety of paroquets,
crows* gulls, ihags,. &c. The emir is a bird belonging
to the. genus., of the .caffowary*. grows to a lajgp,£ze,
and like tbe i^ft of A ^ v ^ u s is vurafele V to.: %>
opofliimSi msce,, kangaroo.fratsi, and
ij »re &nkqs, ff<me> of
a la fg e j.fi^ iguiajapes, lizajds,. frogfc ,;&c§ ^ ; Tb®
bays aio w o l l - ^ ^ wi%i#flb:
mulpf, the leather jacket, floymders,;&cc JJt'te fl^ores
contain oyfters, tmulglgffj cppehs,
filh, -Sharks are fo^etbaes eao^iti -jJjgfq j of a jlarg©
fize, yyhich ;prpdue& tbe only oil the. ,people have
to ufe.
The following aftronomical observations .were made
on fhore at Cattlq Point; one offhpfeJorim^
Covq, aod where theSpaiiiards had bpfore^
obfervatpry:
Lat.
Lat. by mean'of meijd, ,al&of the ^SgjK \ -
Lpng. from mean of 90 fetSyfjJ0 <to the Eaft
[ ,raTA/4‘C'°.to the;5yeft of, 3)
Variations by fcompafs - -
33° 5d 47i"Si
151?, 9' 48" E,
' ix° 9' Eaft. '
The flag-ltaff on^ the jSqutli bearip^.by- compafa
; dilianf feypn.miles.