OP LA PEROUSE. I/j 



The multiplied tracks of thefe quadrupeds an- 

 nounce that they rauft be very numerous ; as 

 they keep in the clofeli thickets, it would require 

 dogs to put them up. Thefe little paths gene- 

 rally terminate at fome rivulet. 



Our provifions being exhaufled, it was necef- 

 fary to return on board before night. We wan- 

 dered in the woods, trying to approach the an- 

 choring-place, when we arrived at the north-eait 

 extremity of the Jmrbour, whence we perceived 

 our fhips at a connderablc diltance. It was not 

 without much trouble that we reached them, as 

 we were obliged to pafs through places of difficult 

 accels. 



The whole day of the i2thfcarcely fufficed for 

 preparing and defcribing what I had collected 

 the preceding days. 



I had ordered a fervant, who had remained on 

 board during my abfence, to have an eye to the 

 prefervation of the articles which required daily 

 care, and I had the fatisfaction to find them in 

 good condition. 



Citizen Riche difcovered fome human bones 

 in the afbes of a fire kindled by the favages. 

 By their hollow fhape, he recognifed them to be 

 the ojjh mnominata of a young girl ; they were 

 partly covered with pieces of broiled fletl*. I 

 will not do thefe people the injury to rank theiH 

 with cannibals ; I prefume that they are in the 



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