72 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



Avind having become favourable, we got under 

 way, and went and anchored a myriameter far- 

 ther (yn. 



Tlie p.ext day, the i8th of February, we 

 weighted anclvor at a very early hour ; but we 

 were obhccd to come to arain almolt imme- 

 diatcly, the wind having become contrary. 



I lanf'ed on the cafl bank, whence I pe- 

 netraied into the v.oods, following the much 

 frequented paths of tlie favagcs. It was not 

 long before I obferved a new fpecies of exocar- 

 foSy which I call cxocarpc.^ r::pc ifa, becaufe its 

 branches are much more fpread than ihM:' of 

 the cxocarpo^ cnpre^fjiformis ; its fruit is larger 

 than that of the latter fpecies. 



\Vc wereapprifed, by two guns fired on board 

 the Recherche, that flic was on the point of 

 getting under way : we therefore immediately 

 returned to the fliip, and at five o'clock we were 

 under fail ; but the breeze was fo faint, that 

 v,e niade very little way before dark. From 

 the place wiicre wc brought up, we did not 

 rj.:ko!i it more than a r-iyrianiercr to the extre- 

 mity of t!:c Snait; but heiiip; thwarted l;v the 

 A-., inds and curien:*b, it took us four days more 

 to get out "f it. 



In this interval, t'le boat wdiich the Admiral 

 had fcnt to make gcogniphical refcarchc.s, re- 

 ;iirncci on the 2 1 it of February, after live davs 



a b fence. 



