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We left Baliia on September 25th. The voyage to Tristan 

 da Cunha was not very eventful. ' A suspicious case of fever 

 appeared on board, and we were for some time in anxious 

 suspense as to whether we were not going to suffer from an 

 epidemic of yellow fever, but all turned out well. We crossed 

 the track of sailing vessels bound round the Cape, and sighted 

 two English vessels bound for Chittagong and Point de Galle. 

 There is some doubt as to when the first Albatross was met with ; 

 but a bird, either an Albatross or the Giant Petrel (Ossifraga) was 

 seen on October 4th, in lat. 27° 43'. We arrived at Tristan da 

 Cunha on October 15th. 



