64 VOYAGE IN SEARtH 



lit in the morning on board the Efperance, 



and that the little wind which then blew muft 



1 the apprchenfion of meetihg with 



smother, that would perhaps have carried oft 



one of our beft feamen. 



Having now got into the latitude of 33* 

 fouth, after having reached the longitude of 5 

 weft, the bonitoes full followed us in very nume- 

 rous lhoals, although it is by no means common 

 to meet with Co many in this high latitude. The 

 northerly winds were probably one of the princi- 

 pal caufes which lead thefe fifh.es far from their 

 habitual abode. 



I fhall remark, that if our fifhermen were Jeft 

 expert than thole of the Efperance, they were 

 alio lefs favoured. It was from the boatfwaiil 

 that were obtained the fifhing-lines. Ours, 

 during the whole voyage, diftributcd them with 

 i'o niggardly a hand, that in the end he banifhed 

 from the mind of the failors all inclination to 

 filh. It was the fifft lieutenant's duty to make 

 him fenfiblc of the fatal effecls of this improper 

 conduct ; but he gave himlelf no concern about 

 the matt 



The lea nettle known by the name of the me- 

 iufa 1'ilclluy took advantage of the calm, to 

 come and float in great numbers on the furface 

 ot !' This fpecies differed in 'no refpect 



from that which I had repeatedly met with in 



the 



