NARRATIVE 



OF 



A WHALING VOYAGE 



ROUND THE GLOBE. 



CHAPTER L 



Final departure from the Sandwich group Proceed for 

 the " off-shore " cruising ground Approach the Ame- 

 rican continent Discover a cluster of islands The 

 Lobos Islands Arrival at Cape St. Lucas Description 

 of its coast and settlement Inhabitants of an estancia, or 

 grazing-farm Their social state Religion Commerce 

 Natural productions of the Cape The Puma, or 

 American lion Deer Vultures, or Turkey-buzzards 

 Pigeons Reptiles Turtle Haliotis, or ear-shell 

 Vegetation of the soil Its luxuriance and beauty- 

 Species of Cactus The Sargasso -weed. 



WE took our final leave of the Sandwich 

 Islands on the 4th of November, 1835 ; and pro- 

 ceeded for the American continent and the 

 Equator by nearly the same route we had taken 

 in the preceding year. On this occasion, how- 

 ever, it was not until we reached the thirty-fifth 

 degree of north latitude that we found winds 

 favourable to an easterly course. As we advanced 

 thus far to the northward the barometer main- 

 tained an unusually high grade ; namely, from 



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