AN ACCOUNT 



OP A 



V O Y A G M 



- 

 im SEARCH of 



LA PEROUSE, 



CHAPTER I. 



departure from Breji. Arrival at Santa Cruz, m 

 the ijland of Terterijfe. Journey to the Peak.-* 

 A Jailor 'who was juft drowned is rejiored to 

 life. Some daring thieves Jieal his clothes. 

 Two naturalifls feized with a /pitting of bloody 

 which prevents them from ajcending to thefum~ 

 nnt of the Peak.-. Englijh Jliips in the road of 

 Santa Cruz. Different refults of^obfervations 

 made for appertaining the variation of the mag- 

 netic needle. A ?iew volcano to the fouth-weft of 

 the Peak. 



L HE equipment of the two fhips deftined for 



the voyage which we were going to undertake, 



Was in a very forward ftate towards the end of 



vol. I. B the 



