DEPARTURE FROM TIMOR. Ill 



CHAPTER V. 



Quit Soutranha Enter the Indian Ocean Relinquish 

 whaling Passage round the Cape of Good Hope 

 Complete the circuit of the Globe Arrival at St. 

 Helena Its coast scenery Account of the Island 

 Visits to Longwood and the tomb of Napoleon 

 Remarks on a rumoured intention to remove the 

 remains of Napoleon to Europe Population of the 

 island Soil and climate Effects of the recent change 

 of government Geological remarks Natural produc- 

 tions of the island Departure See a Sperm Whale 

 The Sargasso- or Gulf-weed Return to the port of 

 London. 



ON the morning of the 23d of July we sailed 

 from Soutranha with the land-breeze, and 

 steered to the S. W., along the coast of Timor. 

 On the 25th we passed the island of Savu, (at 

 the S. W. extremity of Timor Straits,) and, en- 

 tering the Indian Ocean, continued on the same 

 course, crossing the ordinary track of out- 

 ward-hound ships from Europe to India. 



When in lat. 26 S., long. 50 E., the oc- 

 casional appearance of pintado-petrels and al- 

 batross, and gales from N. W., with long and 

 heavy seas, denoted our approach to the Cape 

 of Good Hope, and made us feel the necessity 



