60 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



In this interview \vc had the means of adding 

 conliderably to the vocabulary of their language, 

 whicli we had already coUeded, and v.hich is 

 at the end of this volume. It will be feen, on 

 coinparing it with the vocabularies which fe- 

 veral navigators have given us of the language 

 of the inhabitants of the eafi coaft of New- 

 Holland, that it has no afnnity to them ; which 

 proves that thefe nations are not of the fame 

 origin. 



The fiivagc v.ho had been on board foon 

 quitted us, cxpreiTing tous much gratitude, and 

 pointing to the cock, which we had jufr placed 

 on one of his fhouldcrs. 



The others, before they went away, gave us 

 to underfrand, that tiic next day t'leir nmiilies 

 v.ould come to the place near where v, e lay ; but 

 they appeared to comprehend us when we aii- 

 nounccd to them that v.c v. ere to fail that very 

 day, and they feemcd to be really aiTlieted at 

 t?i!s intelligence. 



Our obferv:uory, ntuated towards the fouth- 

 fouth-eail, at about a kilometer from the an- 

 chorage, v-as in 43^ 34' 37" fouth latitude, and 

 144 37' eafi Icngitude. 



By a great nuir^bcr of obfcrvations which 

 V ere made on board, the variation of the compafs 

 wa.3 y 34' eafl, while at the obfervatory it was 

 o]ily 2^ 55' ealt. So great a diiTerence arofo, 



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