. 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. Ik r. 11:' - ^;,<, tiff 290 LA PEROUSE's voyage which might be hatched during the voyage, and devour the feeds without being perceived. Some hours of expofition to an ardent fun will fuffice to produce the firfl: effcd; and if imperceptible in- fers be fufpefted, or eggs (hut up in the cover- ings of the feeds, by taking the precaut
. 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. Ik r. 11:' - ^;,<, tiff 290 LA PEROUSE's voyage which might be hatched during the voyage, and devour the feeds without being perceived. Some hours of expofition to an ardent fun will fuffice to produce the firfl: effcd; and if imperceptible in- fers be fufpefted, or eggs (hut up in the cover- ings of the feeds, by taking the precaution to place them under a bell in which a little fulphur is lighted, the vapour will kill them in a few minutes. AlTured that the feeds da not contain a fuperabundant moifture, or infers, they may be folded up, each fpecies by itfelf, in ftrong paper which has not been fized. Upon each of thefe packets muft be put a number, cor- refponding with a fample of the plant, or tree, from whirji the feed has been gathered; after- wards thefe different packets muift be ranged in a tin box, preffing them as clofe as poffible, as much to fave room, as to prevent the effeft of the rolling of the fhip, when by not being well confined, they might rub together and deftroy each other. The box filled, and fhut clofe with its lid, (hould be foldered as it were hermetically; and the article it contains fuperfcribed thereon, as, for example : " Seeds gathered from fuch a period to Juch a period, in fuch a place''* When feveral boxes like this are gotten together, they are to be packed up in a flrong wooden chefl, which mufl be covered with oil-fkin, with . - ' a ticket^. 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 Destou
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