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kerville; .with one. of the boat's crew, ascended l,?b'7i? the summit, and, whilst employed in looking round, heard the voices of natives among the trees about thirty yards off; but as they could not see them, they v?ry properly descended, �and carried on their operations in the vicinity of the boat; they were on shore for two or three hours afterwards, but the natives did not make their appearance. The foot-marks of men and boys were evident on the sand below the high- water mark, and the remains of fire-places, and where the natives had been manufacturing Sl?U's, were of recent date. The gentlemen brought off a few shells and some insects, among which was a beautiful ?pby?; besides which, one 'of the boat's crew caught .a species of vampyrus, apparently similar to the flying fox of Port Jackson. Of shells there was not a great variety; a d? (tridao? g/g?,, a ?,?, and the tro�l?, (r?,r?l?,) of .Dirk Hartug's Island; but at one of the fire-places, they found a very large ?/uta, that seemed to have served the purpose of a water-vessel; it was f?fieen inches long, and ten inches in diameter. The shores appear to abound with shell-fish, although Dampier thought that shells hereabouta were scarce. We could easily-have completed our water ?t this .pint, but from the place
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