T H E P A C I F I C O C E A N. si 



CHAP. IV. 



T/je two Ships leave the Cape of Good Hope. — Taw IJlands^ 

 naffied Pri?ice Edward's^ Jeen^ and their Appearance 

 defcrthed. — Kerguelens La?jd vifited. — Arrival in 

 Chrijlmas Harbour. — Occurrences there. — Defer iptjon 

 of it. 



l FTER the d i fa fie r which happened to onr fheep, it ,776 



may be well fuppofed I did not truft thofe that re- 

 mained, long on (hore ; but got them, and the other cattle, 

 on board as faft as poffiblc. I alfo added to my original 

 flock, by purchafing two young bulls, two heifers, two 

 young flone-horfes, two mares, two rams, feveral ewes and 

 goats, and fome rabbits and poultry. All of them were in- 

 tended for New Zealand, Otaheite, and the neighbouring 

 iilands, or any other places, in the courfe of our voyage, 

 where there might be a profpe^t that the leaving any of 

 them would be ufeful to poflerity. 



Towards the latter end of November, the caulkers had 

 finiflicd their work on board the Difcovery, and flie had re- 

 ceived all her provificns and water. Of the former, both 

 fhips had a fupply fufHcient for two years and upwards. 

 And every other article we could think of, necefTary for fuch 

 a voyage, that could be had at the Cape, was procured ; 

 neither knowing when, nor where, we might come to a 

 place where we could fiu-nifli ourfelves fo well. 



n 2 Having 



November. 



