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England to procure the bread- fruit tree at the 

 Society IJlands. Violence of the fouth-eajl 

 winds. Local caufe which increafes their im- 

 petuofity. A flave-ffiip. Various excurfions to 

 the mountains in the vicinity of the town. 

 Impudence of the Fifcal. Journey to Franche- 

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Departure from the Cape of Good Hope. Death 

 of the Carpenter of the Recherche. Various 

 events. Extraordinary flight of the albatrofs. 

 We make the ljland of St. Paul. Its for efts on 

 fire. Prodigious quantity of infecls ijfue from 

 our hifcuit. Violent effect ofthefea. The Ad- 

 miral is danger oufly hurt. Luminous f parks at 

 the extremity of our conduclors. Large phof- 

 phoric molecules. A miftake in the hearings^ 

 taken by Willaumez, occafions us to enter Storm 

 Bay, taking it for Adventure Bay. General 

 remarks on the variation of the magnetic needle. 

 Diminution of the phofphorefcence of the fea- 

 water y in proportion as we increafe our diftance 

 from the land. Direction of the currents. It 

 is found neceffary to warm the place where the 

 time-keepers are depofited. We anchor in Port 

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