i?ottom, but, not having a light, wore soon obliged tO give up its further examination. The island is connected to the cape by a narrow ridge of rooks, which the spring-tidos may probably cover. The main correspon& with the island in character and gene? confor. marion, being extremely barren and rocky, and of the same description of sand-stone, the strata of which appear nearly horizontat; the greatest doviation from that position not being more than an inclination of,5 �the south-east. Upon our return, we landed at Caper Point near the bottom of the bay; where, on taking some bearings, a considerable loea? macetie attraction was detected, for the needle o� t? theodo?ite was nearly eight degrees in error. Whilst I was thus employed, Mr. Cunningham, who was my companion upon this excursion, rar?ed about among the shrubs in the vici- nity, and was fortunate in trading the fruit of a tree that was ?irst seen by us at Cambrid? 0?, and had for some time p,,?!ed us from its immense size and peculiar appearance. It proved to be a tree of the nat. ord. Ca/?par/d?, and was thought to be a cappa?; the gouty habit of the stem, which was soft and spongy, gave it an appeara__,re_ of disease: but, as all the spe. cimens, from the :?oun?ea p?at W the fun-?rown
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