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Hunting Wild Cattle in the Falkland Islands. Page 248.


CHAPTER IX.

Land the Observatories.—Shooting Parties.—Account of a Wild Cattle Hunt.—The Ships hauled up to repair.—Arrival of Her Majesty's Ship Carysfort, with Provisions and Stores.—Refitment of the Ships.—Port William.—Removal of the Settlement from Port Louis to Port William.—Botanical Notice.—Grasses.—Balsam-Bog.—Flowers.—Lichens.—Seaweeds.—Mosses.—Ferns.—Esculent Plants. Tussock Grass of the Falkland Islands.