?osgrs OF Augrl?. 213' frightful rapidity and destructive. e?ect.. Having thus very soon. cleared au?cient space' for our purple, a sail. was suspended between two trees, to shelter the people from the sun at .their work apon the boat', the. keel of wMch w? laid the same evening. In the a?moon, we discovered two streamlets near the' tent, from wMch we ob. rained our water, and wood was cat close to' the beach. Near the watering-place were some natives' bark-huts and gourds; and two or three baskets, made of the. leaf of the cabbage palm, were hanging on the branches of the surrounding ba?s? The owners of these implements were not. seen,. but it was evident they were. near at hand, from the recent appearance of their traces; the bones of the kangaroo and scales of fish were strewed about their fire-places, and close by were ovens similar .to those of Goold Island. The following day Mr. Cunningham, being'in s?. search of plants, fell in with a party of natives consisting of ten or twelve men; two of them car, tied each a bundle of spears and a throwing-stick: Mr. Cunningham endeavoured to persuade the � three foremost to approach, but they were alarmed at a dog that was with him; seeing this he sent away the only man who. accompanied him with .the animal, and at last enticed them to draw 'nean
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