. 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. ine. It which I lagues. of Sep- :ude. I . my in- :ch more id drove this cir- oflible to net with as far as ly fleered fetch the t twenty- lad made lave been It of the mg, over ppofed to IS of land war birds, bers from agrees to |d by my in- ' cl)lige me t» the If- ROUND THE WORLD. 467 the fouthward of the line. Our fliips were at t
. 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. ine. It which I lagues. of Sep- :ude. I . my in- :ch more id drove this cir- oflible to net with as far as ly fleered fetch the t twenty- lad made lave been It of the mg, over ppofed to IS of land war birds, bers from agrees to |d by my in- ' cl)lige me t» the If- ROUND THE WORLD. 467 the fouthward of the line. Our fliips were at the fame time furrounded with tunny fifli 5 but we caught very few, becaufe they were fo large that they broke all our lines. Every one of thofe we got on board weighed at lead fixty pounds. Thofe Teamen who are afraid of meeting with calms at this feafon under the line, are greatly miftaken. We had not a fingle day without wind, nor had we rain more than once; it was then, indeed, fulliciently abundant to enable us to catch twenty-five barrels full. The fear of being: carried too far eaft into the gulf of Guinea, is alfo chimerical. The fouth- eafl winds begin to blow at a very early period, and carry you but too rapidly to the weilward. Had I been better acquainted with this naviga- tion, I (h'^uld have Hood more away with the fouth-weft winds that conflantly prevailed to the north of the line, which I might have crofled in longitude 10°. I might then have run down the parallel of Trinidada with the wind large. A few days after our departure from Teneriffe, we loll that clear fky which is only to be found in the temperate zone. A dull whitenefs, a medium between clouds and fog, continually obfcured the atmofphere, fo that the horizon feldom extended three leagues; but after fun-fet, this vapour dif- appeared, and the night never failed to be fine. H h 2 On ii I 'â If % â ^ it! .^i. '>>'.{i' ".it â â¢*' 'l. Mil if', 1''â â ',. ( â ^: â . (â â Ir
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