OF LA PEROUSS. 9 



F/g. 4. The petals have been removed, in 

 order to fliewthc ftamina. 



F/>. . & 6. The llamina magnified. 

 Frg. 7. Capfule. 



We proceeded for a little time tov/ards the 

 north, acrofs fome fand-hills, before v/e went 

 down to the fliore, the windin^^s of which we 

 followed, without difficulty, for a <.T;reat dif- 

 tance ; but we were at length flopped by a per- 

 pendicular mountain, which proiecteJ into the 

 fea : we in vain endeavoured to go round it; 

 but we found it impoiTible to penetrate through 

 the thickets by which it was enconipalfed. 



As it was getting late, vc meafured back our 

 fleps, with the intention oi" feeking, near a rivu- 

 let which we had already crolTcd, a convenient 

 place for paffiiig the night. A tufted bulh was 

 the beft flicker that we could there find. Wc 

 alfo covered it with boughs, thinking to be per- 

 fedly fecure from the inclemency of the wea- 

 ther; but the fouth-well wind blew with fuch 

 violence during" the nioht as to make the rain 

 penetrate on all fides. To add to our misfor- 

 tunes, the cold was very Iharp, and forced mod 

 of us to draw near the lire, althouoh wc were 

 there more expofcd to the wet than in this fort 

 of cabin. 



As foon as it was day, we quitted our uncom- 

 fortable 



