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CHAPTER IX. 



Departure from Amboyna. Singular effecl of the 

 tides. We get fight of different iflands. Ra- 

 vages occafioned on hoard by the fpecies of ti- 

 nea called blatta Germanica. Navigation along 

 the fouth-weft coafl of New Holland. Death 

 of the fmith of the Recherche. A gale of wind 

 drives us towards the coafl. We anchor in he- 

 grand's Bay. The Ef pi ranee lofes at the an- 

 chorage two iron tillers. The chain by which fhe 

 rides at this anchorage breaks. Various excur- 

 fions to the neighbouring country. New fpecies 

 of fwan. Marine fait found at upwards of two 

 hundred meters in perpendicular height ; in what 

 manner it had beem carried thither* Citizen 

 Riche lofes himfelf upwards of two days in the 

 woods on the main land. We fail from Legrand's 

 Bay, in order to continue to range along the fhore. 

 The want of water makes us quit this coafl. 

 Arrival at Cape Diemen. We anchor in Rocky 

 Bay. 



VV E were now waiting only for a fair wind 

 to fail from Amboyna. At half paftfeven o'clock 

 in the morning of the 14th of Oclober, a light 



breeze 



