2 86 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



going to difcover if a bight feen to the north-eaft 

 by north could afford a paffage to our fhips. 



The ebb let from half a knot to a knot an 

 hour, north-weft by north, from eight o'clock in 

 the evening till two in the morning. 



The ftrcngthof the wind having prevented our 

 fending on fhore any of the fmall boats, we were 

 under the necemty of remaining on board. But 

 the next day, the 19th, we landed at the difta; 

 of a demi-myriameter to the fouth-weft, on the 

 ifland which runs the whole length of this chan- 

 nel. A boat belonging to the Efperance had 

 patted the night at the fame place, and had there 

 caught a great quantity of fiih. 



It was with very lively pleafure that I vifitcd 



this ifland, where I collected fcvcral new plants. 



the nioft numerous fpecies of which muft be 



clafTed among the genera of the maideuca, the 



-, the ejbacris, &c. 



The fhores of the channel afforded us an cafy 

 paffage through the fhvubs, which are here thinly 

 fan' We afterwards climbed over flcep 



plan-*, which rife perpendicularly a demi-hecto- 



:cr above the level of the fea. At this height 

 we remarked marine fait, carried by the fpray 

 into the cavities of a very hard frcc-ftone, which 

 illy forms the foundation of this land. 



ly proceeded two kilometers, 



when 



