. 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. kOUND THE WORLD. 27^ If tiic wants of the fhips companies will allofv of it, the other calks remaining of the ten ex- periments, fliould not be touched before arriving 'in a different climate, and in jlnotiicr latitude where the common water will corrupt} in this fe- cond cafe, they mull be examined as in the former. An exad account mu
. 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. kOUND THE WORLD. 27^ If tiic wants of the fhips companies will allofv of it, the other calks remaining of the ten ex- periments, fliould not be touched before arriving 'in a different climate, and in jlnotiicr latitude where the common water will corrupt} in this fe- cond cafe, they mull be examined as in the former. An exad account muft be kept, in the form of a legal depofition, of all that may happen, or be remarked in thcfe experiments. This depo- fition will be figned by M. De La Pcroufe, by his officers, and by the natural philofophers who will be on board. If this plan of exp(?rimcnts be deemed inte- rcfting, it will be conceived how fnuch it is to be defired, that each of the Hiips M. De La Peroufc will command may repeat it at the fame timej they riiay feparate and run through different tracks; double obfervations will recipro- cally confirm each other, and carry the thing to a demonftration : there ought to be the 'a rea- fon to objed to it, as the water of the expe- riments will be as good as the other, and it will not occupy an ufelefs place in the lliips, fince it may be drunk. I requeft M. fie La Peroufe to fign two copies of this Iketch, which will be figned by myfelf j he will keep one, and I the this will be a tefti- mony of the engagement he enters into with the public, to take upon himfelf experiments, which T 2 may •it .11 ; i • 4 i n M '\m- (J-:. 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,
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