The summit of Crystal Head is of flat tabular form; and the sides, which are both steep and rugged, are covered with stunted trees and high grass, now quite dry: the geology of this part is principally of siliceous sandstone; and on the beach we found large detached water-worn masses of the same rock, incrusted with quartz and epidote in a crystallized state.
(*Footnote.

The Centropus phasianus Tem.anal.plate 24.

Polophilus phasianus Shaw's Gen.Zool.volume 9 page 48 plate 11.Zool.Misc.

plate 46.

Pheasant Cuckow Gen.Syn.sup.11 page 137.) No natives were seen; but, from the large fires that were burning, a numerous party was probably collected at the bottom of the port.
October 11.
On the 11th we got under weigh and anchored again at a few miles further up the port, near a small rocky island where the latitude was observed to be 14 degrees 32 minutes 45 seconds.