OF LA rEROTJSE. l6t 



the paper which ferved for the prefervation of 

 the plants. 



My cabin being already full, I had no other 

 place than the great cabin to depofit part of the 

 fpecimens of the vegetables, before they were 

 completely dried. Dauribeau, who did the duty 

 of firfl lieutenant, was of opinion, that articles 

 of natural hiftory ought not to encumber this 

 place, and ordered my two prefTes to be turned 

 out with the plants which they contained. I 

 Was obliged to have recourfe to the commander 

 in chief, who condemned this acT of authority, 

 and gave orders for the prefTes to be brought 

 back to the place from which they had been re- 

 moved. 



At low water we found on the fea-fhore a 

 great variety of ncritce and whelks ; and in this 

 harbour we had the advantage of procuring very 

 good oyfters. 



The caft fhore afforded pyritss of a very diver- 

 fified cryflallization. In the fame place were 

 feen pieces of iilex, the collected ftrata of which, 

 exhibited the appearance of petrified wood. 



One of our carpenters had killed a feal of the 

 fpecies defignated under the denomination of 

 $lioca monachus. It Was twenty-four decimeters 

 long; its posterior extremities are entirely des- 

 titute of claws; they are formed by two appen- 



vol. i, m dixes. 



