antic shapes, and afforded no small'' entertainment.. Whether
fee| .was si|lfeoted^ft»r-<t-lfe|purppse,.1pr.{did it. spontaneously,’ I
could.not determine. '
•c Having s.ent thee bpat on board with. thefseine, X wasapsxious
to .get some kangaroos, which-from the:appearance, of tbe-shore,
b.eing^of.a' moderate height,, covered with brush and Isage trees,..
I made.n o-doub t,w p ^ to be. found in plenty. J.made signs, to.
the.natiyves.for that purpose, and one^of them stepped-forward,
and offered his services" W^e walked towards thc .end-of .the;
beach we were, then .on, and entered the woods. We Savrse^-,
ral. parrots, and smaller birds- with ..beautiful 1 plupggp., Mr..
Bareillie^jfifed . la tte r which isp? frighte-peck-pur
guide, that, he. took to his/jjfcjjaels andoran ^hack-rt«^ his;- cqmn
p an io n ^ t On walking inland .we found, a t somoidistance^from
the-siiofee, plenty of large forest trees without any Wderwobdy*
b u t excellent gras samong which we sprung some G.o\,e\s^lf
•quails, .q^more properly, the partridges «©ft-New Holland, Thej|
XAs.emble;tlK5 English partridge very, much, but on rising |h.ey»
do^PP1 make,.any noise, and English.pointers will find them
where they lie., The trees we saw were, in, general whut is,
termed she-oak about Sydney.', We returned~to-the, beach; and'
.went on board; to dinner; but in the afternoon; we again made
a party for tbp; shore, taking the.seine with us.. Having.gdven,
directions.for the men to draw it, Mr, Bareillier* Mr. Cayley,,
the .botanist, .and inyseif, with two soldiers-armed, entered the,
woods at;themplace we had done so, in-the .morning, with an in--
tenj.ion.of making a circuit round to the boat. We saw many
Pl^feftly black cockatoos; excepting the breast, and a few fCa-,
thers jin the wings which were, yellow, These birds we're so very-
shy that we qould not get near them, . Parrots , with beautiful
plumage were„v,ery plenty; I shot one,.which falling among the
i.oog grass, 1 could not afterwards find. Mr. Cayley, shot a
king.
king pailP'l^ ^j^eyhtal birds-were MllfSi»'th'e,-fl?dsï^f^f which
wev*aifte'r*wards,>f(hin(!li.v>(/%thi©^iU( aMifvi^Snor i's thdSt^o'f the parrot
d®!agf^able;>^ha\ our rnéCo-'h.
IndéeÉ|i‘jë#isgras I '- u- t o1* thé dtffifjlênl^plants
iffiséds itÉÉjin mylfê^ini« far pidferaftfl>fei^fl^wWl. This
I fbundp^reW^^iiylilith^stWdRM'^^R birds o>i^Fi'ef'Smalick
trifei^^hiG‘héIj'e’a#'-#MfeiiiSii^w' Holland. No country in th #
World abef®nds^WithilÉjp‘^ tè^ '\i% fe^ ófM]0é$ks.-b 1 W'ê^^ïMm^
ttêrsMé^dm^ abotit th'p^treésy’ ^hd I' ha#Wl>j|W<>£^
had rföt th^pkoi^erfMe^^óft^é^i^i'^^êhërfM. Having'piir-
suèdoo^ir'wal'k inland, twe^feHfifi'-'^fln^l^alhpyJ'Mhdl^^vldleyr
with frnunhvbrush Wood" * -a' riviflet o ^ ^ ^ ^ l :èrït''frcshrwaMF raö
briskly tl*^gtoi'^em|siyih^ïfsêlf m ’the'sêi;'
had “ordered1 our -Ijc»iutMtj^lnviil** the seine-.*' - ThërcHfftré
ral smallteMilistqjBylresh Which1 weifeuhfeêp^Éfe’fc • Mr.
Cayloy-ihad;*fmrh> tbi^trag<^né&*<Of his'-searéh atfW fVlmil'é^uari--1
Ê^Cdm'tAë^èèsbbfi sight- andihe&nngpwhl1dh%^^^^ffië!ri n i i ^ unaga'ïifsffti^
arfd
Mjllin« in. 1 felt.myself in.a c’onshlerabll1->h''gW(^%pbnsibief
fOr-thecoiy.ut.tfO'f^e'Vêry^e^e^who-.lfed^ehibafkedtitith-n'iöv'i'andi
constantly gave therm such directions,' as"ft'l,hOM§ht» coiufiftbur
no^pnjjpfn the public-'servifee^but themseïvSÉ-}
traCk-of the'-nat*#! andfell m'With^WrSl o f thfer ^ n n ie s '^ o i
habit^ta'pp^. These'aré-cbnsfimetèd with a fdWlbbUgks^sfüefe-ü p
to .fkteens them; from thee wind*: 1 several# béaih^ofKb ë a l^ * b i^ h
and* -%h '’Were«lying-about them. "On'the rètunfrtd the WiÉÉMH’
Barieilj-ier shot d large hawk; w h ^ s e d e g s # with veëyr
ijopgh scales. >Qur -fishings party had cauglffetuhe*fish^-ari<3-
would have b(eétó yery?M‘ë.®ësSfnlr,’Vbh't. two-sharks- g e^ in to 'Ifib
se ineend tore it-in- ^yèfelbplaces'^the^werê^otB brètfgte^dh
shore,-;ane of*which meaEsüted ^ül^|fédt*ih lengthi^lTÉé'liyerl •
which was -yerydurge,- I ordered to be carried on board,'tb be
boiled