under,,ta,? ? whom we were enquiring. m,.,. ?nm mov? to an anehora? of the watering bay, which proved a more c?uvenient ? titan un, der Seal Island, as it was better sheltered and nmtrer to the waterin?pla/? After ridin? out beavy gale fr?n the westward'at .ingle w/thout any accident, and as soott as our water W? ?mnpletsd, we again anct?md for a day under Seal blend, but were obli?l to two attempa bef?e we euccee�ied in gett/ng.out Whiim at the enchor?e off. Prino?s liarbout, I went to Oyster Herbour ?o procure fiowering s?ens of a tre? which ha4 hitherto been a subject of much curiosity.to .boamiata: at our former visits tim season was too far 'ad- �.: unced; and Mr. tkown was equally unfofiu- naae. The plant re--hies ?ant?rr/uM, both in its trunk and leayea, but bears. ira flower in very different manner; for? 'inStead of throwing out one long flower scape, it produces eighteen or twenty short stalks, each terminated by an oval bead of ?wm. I recollected having seen a large grove of the? treea growing at a shofi distance from the outer beach on the east aide of !
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