200 W H I T E Is-' JOUR M[A L O F A
1708.' they were armed with fpears*/and?' ftone hatchets:.. One
Gf fjjg, Jaj-^er they ,’very earneftly„?wifhed. to exchange for:
onefebafjours., Though / we would s readily jhav.e .obliged
them, it .was; nothin .our power, .to comply; with , their»
wifla.es/ -as we_had only alTufficieht :>numher -.'.whereWith
^t<^.^®^-:ifor,:ouf'.bwn. fires. However, nQtwithftanding
pur.refufal,' they rparted/ from . us _ without ’appearing, at'
gll diflatisfied.
i As we' proceeded along the fandyl beach, we gathered
fome beans, which .grew on. a finall, creeping- fubJEt-ahce. not
unlifeei a vine. They w$re well't&fted, PandT very-Similar to
the Englifli long-pod bean.. A t tho plac'e»,where we haltdd,-
we had them boiled, and we all. eat yejy Jr.eafctilyldf .them;
Half, an hourafter, the gove rnor.and I were,Telged -with a
violent-vomiting, i We, drank warm water, - which, carrying»
. the load freely from„' our ftomachs, gave us immediate*-
relief.- Two. other gentlemen.; of the jlartyvate’ as, freely, bf
them a? we had done, without, feeling the . fmalleft inconvenience
or "bad effedt.. About; this place we got fome
rafberries; but they had not that pleafant tartnefs peculiar
to thofe in Europe.'V
r 24th. We returnedby the-fame paflage,-;alongthe coaft,
« With
without feeing- any objects worth notice, until we came
to'.ia convenient fpot to encamp for the night, where
there was .'great plenty of cabbage trees, and1 tolerable
water j a ckeumftdnee,. as. I have' already obferved, not
generally to be met with in this country, except on. the
Tea coaflr; and even there by no' means in abundance-
While foup waSi makingcTfome birds we had lately
killed.' (which proved very, gcbc% mad every thing was
getting ready for the night/ the governor, the two other
gentlemen, and myfel£*. took our. guns, and afcended a
hdi juft above us.: From this eminence we faw the fouth^
ern braneh of Broken Bay, which ran far into the country,
paring our return, we picked up, in the diftance of
about half a mile, twenty-five flowers, o f plants and fiarubs
of different genera and fpecies, Ipecimens. of which I have
tranfmitted to Mr. Wilfon, particularly the Red Gum Tree.
(See. Plate annexed). On the fpot where we encamped,
the graft was long., dry, and four ; and in fuch abundance,
that we fet it on fire all around, for fear the natives.fhould
furprifei us in the night by doing the famqlj^a cuftom in
which they feem always happy to indulge themfelves.
35th, We. fet off early in the morning to look at the
D d V , branch.