From the quantities of turtle-bones about the fireplaces, it is evident that these animals occasionally resort to a small sandy beach near the entrance of the basin above alluded to.
The botany of the island afforded at this unfavourable season not more than five or six species of plants in flower, some of which I had met with elsewhere.

A species of pine, Araucaria cunninghami, is found here in small quantities, but more plentifully on the adjacent Pine Islets, where it appears to constitute the only arboreal vegetation.

A few cabbage palms, Corypha australis, are the only other trees worth mentioning.

Among the birds observed, black and white cockatoos, swamp pheasants, and crows were the most numerous.

A fine banded snail, Helix incei, was the only landshell met with.