Volume II Part 11 (2/2)
To shohat extent whaling is carried on in these seas by foreigners, Iour stay at Swan River, I at one time counted as retted that this department of industry had been abandoned by the colonists, who however derived considerable advantage from the barter trade they carried on with the whale shi+ps
At Perth we found our old shi+preat a savage as ever He had got into considerable disgrace a perfor on the North-west coast, na about, inspeared by those whom he had injured
BOTANY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
A the infor table, relating to the vegetable kingdom of Western Australia
COLUMN 1: NAME COMMONLY GIVEN BY SETTLERS
COLUMN 2: NATIVE NAME
COLUMN 3: GENUS
COLUMN 4: REMARKS
Mahogany : Jarrail : Eucalyptus : Grows on white sandy land
Red guum : Co-lort : Eucalyptus : On river banks and flooded lands, a sure indication of vicinity of water
White gum : Wando : Eucalyptus : On stiff clay lands, sometiuood soil
Cable gum, these varieties all seen in the interior, not common at Perth : Gnardarup : Eucalyptus : Like several steum, these varieties all seen in the interior, not colossy steum, these varieties all seen in the interior, not common at Perth : Gnelarue : Eucalyptus : Nankeen-coloured steum, these varieties all seen in the interior, not coh bark
Cable gum, these varieties all seen in the interior, not common at Perth : Morrail : Eucalyptus : Nearly sium, these varieties all seen in the interior, not coar : Eucalyptus : Glaucus-leaved
Honeysuckle : Mang-ghoyte : Banksia : Large flowering cones containing honey
Honeysuckle : Be-al-wra : Banksia : Large flowering cones containing honey
Black wattle : Kile-yung : Acacia : Indication of good soil--produces guht sandy loaue tree : Mote yar : Nuytsia floribella : Gum in abundance
Beef tree or the oak : - : Casuarina
Pall : Red fruit, nut, called baio, ripe in March, is considered a delicacy by the natives
Raspberry jaruund
Raspberry ja : Acacia : Gua : Zantha hast : Gum on the spear--resin on the trunk
York nut : Madda : - : Smells like sandalwood