A Little Inside Point Malcolm, I Found Traces Of Europeans Who Had Slept On Shore Near The Beach, And Upon One Of The Tea-Trees, I Found Cut "Ship Julian, 1840," "Haws, 1840," "C. W." And Some Few Other Letters, Which I Did Not Copy.

The forenoon continued very wild and stormy, with occasional showers of rain, and as we could get neither firewood

Nor shelter at our camp, and the sand eddied around us in showers, we were very miserable. After dinner, I sent Wylie out with the rifle, to try to shoot a kangaroo, whilst I took a walk round, to look for grass, and to ascertain whether water could not be procured in some place nearer the horses, and better provided with firewood and shelter. My efforts were without success, nor did I meet with better fortune, in examining Point Malcolm, to see if there was any place where we could fish from the shore, the point itself was of granite, but on the sheltered side the water was very shoal, close to the shore, whilst on the outer side the waves were breaking with frightful violence, and the spray curling and rising from the rocks in one perpetual and lofty jet. In the evening Wylie returned without a kangaroo.

The night turned out showery, wild, and cold, making us keenly alive to the bleak, shelterless position we were encamped in.

May 20. - The sick horse was better to-day, and as they had all found their way back to the best grass, I determined to remain in camp.

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