Thé account which I had from Brown, the botanift*s aflift-
âhtj wàsf that in his fe'archf for plantsj1 he had'tóétWóM.
man, .a young woman, and two or fhtèe- children." The
old man at firft appearéd alarîhed, but became ’ faöiiliar
èn heing pEe^éhféd5*VÎ& ^ khijfe*
awaythe young wopian, who Veût'Sré^,'^fe£fe.nâ5rv‘lï ^
few fome miferable wigwihls/m Whiéh were nqth&ig büt
a'fièw kànguroo feins fpfead ö'u the ground, and ü b afeet
made öf rùmes^
Ainong the wood that we hut here, we^fbùntl many
fcorpions and centipés, with Uuméfous'black ants triât were
an inch, long." Wë fawnb mufqüitrö^ though m the' fum-
mer months' they are very troUblefofae.
‘ What is called the New Zealand tea plafif, greurhere in
great abundance i'fô thaï rt was1 not ôhfÿ gathered and dried
to Ufe as tea* but made exceHént broóms. bears,a final!
pointed leàf, of a, pleafant fmell, and 'its feéd is contained
in a berry, about the fize'of a pea, notched into five "equal
parts on the lop. ' The foil,, oü the’ weft 'ahd louth Tides
of the hay, is black mould, with a ,mixture öf fine white
fand, and is very rich. Thetréés are lofty*and'large, and
the underwood grows fa clófe' together, that in* many
places iris* impalpable. The eaffi fide of the bay a rich
loamy foil ; but, near the tops of the hills, isï-Vèty ?mucb^rl-'
icumbered, with ftoqey and, rocks: : the underwóö'd thinly
placed and fin all. The trees' bh thè SjJ'S' E; and S' W lides of
thé hills, grow to a larger fijSé than thpfb that are ekpofed
to thé oppbfite points ; for the- fides^of thé' brêësy open
or expófed to the north winds ate naked, with few
branches ; while the Other fîdësf are in a flourifhing ftate.
From this I do not infer, that the equatorial are more
hurtful than the polar winds j but that the trees:, b y
their
*iü$S$e; !'fhdtèréSi;fK»h • the one than ,1788.
& Md HHUuGH ■ Una SsptemfrdrfiTne
oörer^y * . , .f . < ^ ?Wi
® ^ }caThr p’f évfehted'öur^failing tö;day. The friendly inter- C— \— a
view,which^%Whlitf h;idj ft‘ith*meiiicttives, made mé expeift Wednefd^
that they"would £yè^afè-us a'hifit'; buï we'faw nothing
more ofithèrfeéxöeiit'fireslh the riighf, Uponthe'low land
; Thé refult hfthéhbiervatóórisrwhich PrAaHe here, rediiced
to Penguin Iflandy place it/ in ^ ^ z if Bf' J>~ lafit'Sdfe, and-in
lohgilifdeh i47“,/3‘3f’^ '<'Ey whil&i 'fthréeïy’ differs From1 the
ohfërVatiöns nfadeih'i^yy:- The1 v&rfaëömbf fW^cÖfopafe
óhfervéö^on ftïore;5 w is '4 ^ jS hE an d - oii^hëird thé fhip
83%$~M^S I t - ^ w a l - h i g t t a t ïhq^Hknge^f'tHe^i’ao'órlj
at 49 minUfte& paft'*fi£'in- thé '‘ntómingPt’The rife was
two feet eight inches.'V?*^ptherly yinds, ,if of any ,600-,
tinuance,’ ma^pa cïEfiile^bK'dil'êreiice in the height o f
thé'tideSv s' fj, , ’ h (T. , >(" , > . i
" ‘This* forenoon,"‘having a pleafant breeze at ^ W>>we Tlmrflay^
‘.weighed gnchoV, and failed ^ut of Adventure' Bay.. At
ndoh thé fouthernmoft part of Mapjes Ifiés b o rqN y^ fe .
’ about five leagues diftant; Penguin Iftand S-86*'W; and
‘ Cape Frederick Henry N 65° W. In this pofition.wfe had* .
foundings- at 57. fathoms, a fandy bottom. Latitude P h -
ferved 43° *' ' ’ ^ ;
rj;, Thé^fauthèrp part o f Marians Ifl&nds lie.-- in latitude
43° i^ V nhe countryil-hot in gtheral,yoopyfbuh-in|
fome of the interior parts, there appeared great abundance. -
Among thefe iflands, I have no doubt of- there being ^
rjcakÉ^ ^convenient places for' fhiping. - Oni thé .eaft fide^
in latitude 420 42/ S,, and longitude, 148° 24' E*. in J,ulyy
1789,' Cap’tain Cbx, o f the, Mercurf 3 l foun-fi a convenient
and fecure harbour from all winds, which he named
j Oyftér