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258. Some account of New Holland
composd of sand in which high hills are scarce that there is plenty however in the rainy season is sufficiently evincd by the channels we saw cut even in rocks down the sides of inconsiderable hills these were in general dry or if they any of them containd water it was such as ran in the woody valleys & these seldom carried water above half way down the hill Some indeed we saw that formd brooks & ran quite down to the sea but these were scarce & in general brackish a good way up from the beach [Margin note] Product A Soil so barren & at the same time intirely void of the helps derivd from cultivation could not be supposd to yeild much towards the support of man we had been so long at sea with but a scanty supply of fresh provisions that we had long usd to eat every thing we could lay our hands upon fish flesh or vegetable which only was not poisonous yet we could but now & then procure a dish of Bad greens for our own table & never but in the Place where the ship was careend met with a sufficient quantity to supply the ship there indeed Palm cabbage & what is calld
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