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our provisions and bread without getting them zsm. wetted. o?. On the 5th, after two ineffectual attempt? to heave the cutter off the ground, she floated; and, by the 8th, every thing being embarked, we & made preparations to quit this place, which had afforded us the means of repairing our dama{? and stopping for the present the progress of an injury which had been every day assuming a more serious aspect. The country in the vicinity of the bay, which. from the use we made of it, was called Careening Bay, is only slightly covered with a poor, stony soil; but, notwithstanding this drawback, the hills are well wooded, and vegetation so abun- dant, that, had it not been for the conflagration �which has lately spoiled the trees of their leaves, the country would have appeared pleasing and verdant. The following is a list of some of the trees indigenous to the shores and neighbourhood of Careening Bay, for which I am indebted to Mr. Cunningham