4-ID VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



tartce to form fo many iflots: the interval which 

 feparated them afforded a few fhrubs, the foliage 

 of which being of a blackifh tint, indicated an 

 unhealthy ftate. 



Some rocks which rofc perpendicularly from 

 the middle of thefe fandy plains dileovered the 

 formation of the downs; they doubtlefs lay on 

 -other rocks of the fame nature, the fhape of 

 which had allowed the fands, driven by the 

 winds, to collect there more eafily. It mull be, 

 very uncommon to find frefh water on fueh 

 grounds, where that which iffues from the clouds 

 is filtrated, no doubt, to great depths before it 

 meets with flratal that arrell its progrefs. 



In the morning our fmith was found dead in 

 his bed. The day before he had been prefent at an 



ertainment which the French gunners formerly 

 celebrated with icrupulous exact nei>. They I 

 for a long time faved up, fortius repair, a great 



mtity of proV-ifions. The unfortunate fmith, 



we all were, by the abftinence to 



which I condemned fince onr departure 



i, had indulged hi Lite too 



ly. An apoplectic fit had carried him off. 

 This lofs would have been irreparable had not 

 chance brought on board, at the Cape of Good 

 Hop . a very intelligent workman, who fuccceded 

 him. 



At noon, being in latitude 3 4 45' 56" /buth, 



and 



