2o VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



acrofs the woods, and no more to approach thefe 

 rocks but with the greateft precaution. 



V\'e walked along for fome time in the 

 midfl: of flirubs, moft of which were of the fa- 

 mily of the eric(^ and of that of the loti. 



Our attention was foon attracted by a fright- 

 ful noife, the increafe of which feemed to us to 

 follow the motion of thewavesj and we beheld, 

 with the greateft aftonilhment, the terrible fight 

 of the deftruclive effeCl:s of the fea, which is 

 continually undermining thefe fteep fhores. 

 The bafe of an enormous rock was already fwal- 

 lowed up by the water; while its fummit was 

 excavated into an enormous vault, fufpended 

 at upwards of tv.o hundred meters of perpen- 

 dicular elevation, which, by re-echoing the 

 founds, increafed the noife of the repeated dafh- 

 ing of the impetuous waves that broke againft 

 its fides. 



We had paffed beyond the two firll capes 

 which lie to the we'b.vard of the South Ca]5e. 

 We returned towards this lall, whce we fpcnt 

 a very bad night; for unfortunately we were at 

 no oreat dift mce from fome liaizn mt water, and 

 the perfedt (tiUnefs of ..le atmofpherc hid aban- 

 doned us to all the fury of the fj;:d-ri es. 



On the 4th, the morning being tr.e time of 



low water, we purpof 1 to take ad wantage of 



it, in order to procure fome flicll-r:!:!, of v/iiich 



2 the 



