. A voyage round the world in the years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788 [microform]. Boussole (Frigate); Astrolabe (Frigate); Boussole (Frégate); Astrolabe (Frégate); Voyages around the world; Scientific expeditions; Voyages autour du monde; Expéditions scientifiques. liOUND THE WORLD. ^^99 ture, which then flruck my fight, again rends my licart in pieces. I can declare with confidence, that if God had not kipported me in that for- rowful and trying fituation, T fliould have funk into die deepeft delpair, lecing no profped whatever ct' continuing our voyage. 1 called Don Jolcph Vafquez, the firft
. A voyage round the world in the years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788 [microform]. Boussole (Frigate); Astrolabe (Frigate); Boussole (Frégate); Astrolabe (Frégate); Voyages around the world; Scientific expeditions; Voyages autour du monde; Expéditions scientifiques. liOUND THE WORLD. ^^99 ture, which then flruck my fight, again rends my licart in pieces. I can declare with confidence, that if God had not kipported me in that for- rowful and trying fituation, T fliould have funk into die deepeft delpair, lecing no profped whatever ct' continuing our voyage. 1 called Don Jolcph Vafquez, the firft pilot, tome, Don Juan D*Echeverria, the fecond; as alio all the warrant officers; and I appointed Don Pedro Carvajal, the furgeon, to make the writ- ten report of the council we were going to hold, and of the deliberations which might be taken thereon. I led them one by one into the bread room. We there found millions of cockroaches: it is ne- ceflkry a man (hould have feen them with his own eyes, to have an idea of the number of thefc infeds. Thefe pefts had fo much infeiled the fhip, that the holy father, who officiated as chaplain, was obliged to have recourfe to exor- cifms more than once. For my own part, I had the precaution to diftribute in the cabins, bread rooms, and in every part of the (hip, pots* fmeared on the infide with honey mixed with. fugar: every day brought me a bucketful of thefe infeds. I confumed in this manner almofl all ⦠In the text, /pitting pou are made ufe of. ^IPT wfP 1 I i i:5>:ikM^ I-'!, â I t:0 ^ 'S *. vd':m. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788; Milet de Mureau, Louis-Marie-Antoine Destouff, baron de, 1756-1825; Mourelle, Francisco Antonio, Don, 1755-1820. London : Printed for J. Johnson
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