34^ VOY^iGE IN SEARCH 



tacked by a dyfenteryj which was making very 

 rapid progrefs. But as foon as I breathed a pure 

 air, w.y complaint diminifhed from day to day*. 



On the yth of May, I arrived at the Ifle of 

 France. I very frequently vifited its high 

 mountains, and obfcrved their produdions, 

 v/hich arc extremely diverlilied. 



There had not yet been any opportunity of 

 which I could avail myfelf to return to my 

 country, when General Malartic fent to France 

 the Minerve, the command of which he en- 

 trufied to Citizen Laignel^oneof my companions 

 in misfortune. I embarked on board this vefTel, 

 which fet fail from the Ifle of France, on the 

 20th of November. 



It is to be remarked, that in fcanding to the 

 north north-weft, from the latitude of 25'^ 

 north, and longitude of 31'' eaft, we faw, for a 

 fpace of upvv'ards of a hundred and forty 

 myriametcrs, the fea covered with a prodigious 

 cuaniiiy of fca-wccds, of the fpecies called 

 fii.us nauun ; thcfe indicate fome very coniidcr- 

 able fnoals where they grow. This refearch well 

 defcrvcs to fix the attention of navigators. 



On 



* '\\\< llcridcr who ir;a}- he cicfirous ct" feeing a p;irticular 

 d '' vip'.i'.n of tliis unh.calthy couiiiiy, will he amply gratified 

 !.- ;:. r.'!i;ig tic eleven:!; -.mA twelfth Chapters of Cook's Firft 

 '\ o- r,c,;', ei nt.v'ni'd ii:' Il-i'vyfJ ivjrtK' i C.'ol [:<',' n-'!, from p?igc 



