garoo was se/m by Mr. Cuoningham feeding upon the gTass, but fled the moment that it saw him approaching. Nothing more was seen of the natives, nor we? any heard, or suspected of being near us; had there been any number the party would have been placed in'an awkward situation, for upon landing, they all incautiously, and very impru- dently, separated, to amuse themselves as they were inclined, without regarding the situation of the boat, which was soon le/t dry by the ebbing tide; and it was eight o'clock at night before they succeeded in !n-?hlng her. Immediately ? its return, for which we had been waiting four hours, we got underweigh, and were only just /n time to save the breeze, which carried us out into the offing: after a short calm, the wind gra- dually freshened from S.S.W., and we steered on under easy sail towards Cape Tribulation. On passing the cape two reefs were seen to sea- ward, which had previously escaped our notice. In the afternoon we anchored in ten fathoms, at about half a mile from the north-west end of the reef that stretches for two miles to the north. ward of the south westernmost Hope Island; and, as it was low water and the reef uncovered, �we walked.across it. It is formed principally of coral, on the surface of which we found the
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