CONTENTS. 



for fixing the Longitude of Tener'iffe. — Some Account of the Iftand. 

 — Botanical Ob/ervations.-— Cities of Santa Cruz and Laguna. — 

 Agriculture. — Air and Climate. — Commerce.^—hihabitants. 14 



CHAP. III. 



Departure from Teneriffe.— Danger of the Ship near Bonavijla. — Iflc 

 of M'lyo. — Port Pray a. — Precautions againfi the Rain and fultry 

 •weather in the Neighbourhood of the Equator. — Pofition of the Coaji 

 of Brazil. — Arrival at the Cape of Good Hope. — Tranfa^ions 

 there. — JunSlion of the Difcovery. — Mr. Anderfons Journey up 

 the Country. — Afrononiical Obfcrvations, — Nautical Remarks on 

 the Pajfage from England to the Cape^ tvith regard to the Cur- 

 rents and the Variation. ' 29 



CHAP. IV. 



The two Ships leave the Cape of Good Hope. — Tivo I/lands, tiamed 

 Prince Edivard's, feen., and their Appearance defcribed. — AVr- 

 guelen's Land vifited. — Arrival in Chrijlmas Harbour. — Occur- 

 rences there. — Defcription of it. 51 



CHAP. V. 



Departure from Chrifimas Harbour. — Range along the Coaft., to difco- 

 ver its Pofitkm and Extent. — Several Promontories and Bays, and 

 a Peninfula, defcribed and named. — Danger from Shoals. — Another 

 Harbour and a Sound. Mr. Anderfons Obfervations on the natural 

 Produflions, Animals, Soil, (^'C. of Kerguelen s Land. 70 



CHAP. VI. 



Paffcige from Kerguelen'' s to Van Dionens Land. — Arrival in Ad- 

 venture Bay. — Incidents there. — hitervieivs luith the Natives.^ 

 Their Perfons and Drefs defcribed. — Account of their Behaviour. — 

 Table of the Longitude, Latitude, and Variation, — Mr. Anderfons 

 Obfervations on the natural Productions of the Country, on the In- 

 habitants, and their Language. 9 1 



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