Vlll CONTENTS. 



for ascertaining the variation of the magnetic 



Me. A new volcano to the fouth- weft of the 



Peak --------- Page I 



CHAPTER II. 



We leave Teneriffe to proceed to the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Different obfervations. Shining pheno- 

 menon in the fea, fmgularly phofphoric. An ex- 

 periment which makes vie acquainted with the 

 7 ordinary caufe of the phofphorefcence offea- 

 .-I'uur of the Teneriffe Jheep thf 

 overboard, and for what reafon. Faint dt^ 

 of heat quite clofe to the line. A much greater 

 i of the compafs to the fouth than to the 

 : :h of the eqiuitor. Avery eafy method that we 

 employ for fweetening the frejh water which is 

 beginning to putrefy. A very thick fog, which 

 hi ijlom an elevation of the mercury in the ha- 

 romctt r. A lunar rainbow. -Arrival at the 

 Cape of Good Hope ----- Page 36 



CHAPTER III. 



v at -the Cape of Good Hope. Dcpofitions of 

 I nek Captains, by which it appears t/iat, 

 ng at ftctavia, tiny had let n Corn- 



lore Hunter, that he had ften at the Admi- 

 ralty I (lands fame natives dreffed in the uniform 

 French navy. Captain Bligh fent from 

 l England 





