Il6 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



during the whole period of the cart monfoon, 

 Which was to commence at the latter end of 

 b, made him refolvc to double Cape Die- 

 men, in order to enter the South Sea. 



About half pad fix o'clock in the morning, a 

 boat was fent on board the Efperance, to com- 

 municate to the Captain this determination. 

 The wind fell all on a fudden, when our mips 

 were very clofe to each other. A heavy fwcll 

 iucrcafed the danger of this lituation. The 

 bowfprit of the Efperance was on the point of 

 touching our taffarel, when the boats, which 

 had juft been hoifted out, tcw-d us clear. 



We found that the currents fet to the north- 

 ward. The bifcayan had been employed in 

 making this obfervation, and, at the moment 

 when we were hoifting her in, one of the ring- 

 bolts, by which fhe was hooked, broke ; the 

 tell into the water, and the compafs that had 

 been put in her was loft. 



Although we were upwards of two hundred 



my ria meters from the Cape, we perceived feve- 



ral albatrolfes (diomcdca exidans), fomc of which, 



ng on the furfaoc of the tea, iuftcred them- 



- to be approached within a little diftancc. 



I were iccn, from time to time, burying 



their head* deeply in the water in fearch of 



food. 



The 



