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a?e?nded itn I!umm?t, and by. a bearing' of-tim land of Cape Bougainvillo the survey was c?u- o? leo nect? w?th Vansitter In the momin? a youn? kans, troo was started by Mr. t?m. ?_iugham, but mad? its e?cape'; tim traoes ? these animals were very numerous t? the sides of the hills; ?everal birds, new to*ua? were seen, and we also found about the bushem the tail-feathers-of the ?-p/?.,e?, (Index Ore. Sup. p. 30'.) The summitof Crystal Head is of flat tabular form; and the sides, -which are both steep and rugged, are oovered with stunted trees and high grass, now quite dry: the geo* lofty of this part is principally of silieeotm sand. stone; and on the beach we found large detached water-worn masses ef the same rock, incrusted with quartz and epidote in a crystallized sta? No natives were seen; but, froIn the large f?es that were burning,. a numerous party probably collected at the 'bottom of the port, On the litIt we got under weigh, and an- ?l. chored again at a. few miles further up the port, near a small rocky island, where the latitude was observed to be 14 � 45", In the �?ira Ce?**ej, uf pA?t?stuf, ?s)f. aUal. pl. xxxv. Po/opAf]uf pbr.nnu?, SHXW*S Gert. ZooL vol. ix. p. 48. pl. x,...-Zool. Mine. pl. XLVr. PlMasantG-:?ckow. Gon. Syn. enp. yJ.p. lS'f,. Y$ o,g,t,zeo by Goog[�