. 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. 409 with any confiderable quantity of cocoa-nuts. They tried to tow the frigate, by making a num- ber of lines fad to her head, and rowing alto- gether towards the ifland, whence they threw ropes alfo to haul us in towards the Qiore. Find- ing after a trial of fix hours that they had not made any progrefs, and expe(
. 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. 409 with any confiderable quantity of cocoa-nuts. They tried to tow the frigate, by making a num- ber of lines fad to her head, and rowing alto- gether towards the ifland, whence they threw ropes alfo to haul us in towards the Qiore. Find- ing after a trial of fix hours that they had not made any progrefs, and expe(^ing no fuccefs at laft, I fet fail to the north-weft. The inhabitants of this iflet already began to vary the pronunciation of feveral common words from the other illands. They came on board fo befmcared with paint, that a man might have been tempted to take them for the images of demons. The greater part of them had beards fo long as to hang down upon their breafts. Near the cocoa-nut plantation was fo great a number of 'huts, difpofed in fuch excellent order, that the population might reafonably be thought confider- able. On the 6th I felt obliged to reduce the al- lowance of bread to five ounces, the pork to three, and the beans to two, all which I took out of my own provifion, there being none in the King's ftores; and although I thought it impof- fible that my crew could be fupported upon ten ounces of bad viduals, yet the fad manner in which the fhip was provided did not allow me to afford them more. The ,t,.' ' â im â : i| :'i ' ik i t;». r m ,«â.*f iA 4 i-'^'l. 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, baron de, 1756-1825; Mourelle, Francisco Antonio, Don, 1755-1820. Lo
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