. 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. ROUND THE WORLD. 455 The weftcrly winds kept us in the road till the ift of Auguft. The weather in the mean time be- ing foggy with Hiowers of rain, I was afraid that the humidity might affed the health of our crews. In the fpace of nineteen days however we only landed a fingle man with a fever; hut we dif- covered that fix failors
. 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. ROUND THE WORLD. 455 The weftcrly winds kept us in the road till the ift of Auguft. The weather in the mean time be- ing foggy with Hiowers of rain, I was afraid that the humidity might affed the health of our crews. In the fpace of nineteen days however we only landed a fingle man with a fever; hut we dif- covered that fix failors and a foldier, infcded with the venereal difeafc, had efcaped the examination of our furgeons. I failed from Breft Road on the ift of Auguft. Nothing interefting occurred during the run to Madeira, where we anchored on the 13th. The wind had been conftantly fair, a circumftance high- ly neceffary to (hips which, being too much by the head, fteered very ill. M. De Lamenon ob- ferved the luminous particles in the fta water, which, in my opinion, proceed from the diflblu- tion of marine bodies. If this light pro- duced by infefts, as many natural philofophers affirm, they would not be fpr^^ad with fuch pro- fufion from the pole to the -.^aator, but would affedl: particular climates*. Before * After the refult of the experiments prefented by Rl- gaud, in 1768, to the academy of fciences, it u inipi> to doubt the exiflence of pohpi, or luminous animals iii the fea. I do not know upon what La Peroufe can ground an afTertion, combated by Godeheau, who obfervcd at the Mal- dives, and on the Coaft of Malabar, places wheie the I'ca is more luminous than in the latitudes of which our navi- G g ^ . 7 Ipl ' 11:1/' I: â : t % i. (If I ft ml. 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 P
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