. 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. 345 dcfirous of getting under fail, but the (Irength of the current prevented me, drifting me aUb to- wards the harbour. I was in ten fathoms water, and let go an anchor which would not hold, owing to the current and the wind which frelh- ened more and more, infomuch that I foon found myfelf in onW five fathoms water.
. 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. 345 dcfirous of getting under fail, but the (Irength of the current prevented me, drifting me aUb to- wards the harbour. I was in ten fathoms water, and let go an anchor which would not hold, owing to the current and the wind which frelh- ened more and more, infomuch that I foon found myfelf in onW five fathoms water. I dropped another anchor, and with the help of the (heet anchor, which I inftantly let go, I increafed my diftance from the Ihore, which was little more than the fhip's length from me: and although I dill lay within the point of Alagican, which forms the port of Galleras, I could, notwithftanding, get under way, but it was at ^he cxpence of leaving one bovver anchor, the iheet anchor, two bower cables, and a Iheet cable, entangled in the rocks*. At nine o'clock in the morning, I doubled the point; and though the wind had moderated in palling to the third quar' terf, neverthelefs, by a prefs of fail, I reached * Much is abridged here, as well becaufe the detail would be immaterial and tedious, as becaufe there are fome paf- fages that I do not underftand, either for want of compre- henfion on my part, which, however, I do not take to be the cafe; or from the fault of the copier in having muti- lated the original. t The Spaniards divide the horizon into 4 quarters; the firft extends from the north to the eaft, the fecond from caft to fouth, the third from fouch to weft; and the fourth from 'Veil t» north. Z 4 an 3 ij;. ^utP «•«.. [^^'^'^. 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, Jea
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