The surface of the ground was, however, covered with a thin brush of plants, rising to about the height of the knee.

Near the coast, the hills are low, but there are others behind them, which gradually ascend to a considerable distance, and are intersected with marshes and morasses.

Among the articles of fish which, at different times were caught, were large stingrays.

One of them, when his entrails were taken out, weighed three hundred and thirty-six pounds.
It was upon account of the great quantity of plants which Mr.Banks and Dr.Solander collected in this place, that Lieutenant Cook was induced to give it the name of Botany Bay.

It is situated in the latitude of 34 deg.