op la pekousS. 447 



fruits may ferve for the furtenance of man, he 

 found a fhrub of the family of the /o//, which fur- 

 niihed him with fome little fruits, but in too 

 fmall a quantity to fatisfy his wants. On the firrt: 

 day that he bewildered himfelf he met with the 

 fpring near which his property had been found. 

 He palled the night there, and fpent the whole 

 of the next day in looking for the place where 

 oar (hips lay at anchor, without being able to 

 difcover it. During this laborious walk he found 

 not a fingle drop of water; but chance fortu- 

 nately conducted him again to this fame faring, 

 where he alio pailed the fecond night. 



Having perceived fome favages at a diftance, 

 he had endeavoured to fpeak to them, in or- 

 der to learn what was their manner of living, and 

 to afk them for fome food, for he was cruelly 

 tormented by hunger; but they had always taken 

 to flight as he advanced towards them. In this 

 climate men are not under the neceffity of cloth- 

 ing themfelves; and thefe were all entirely naked. 

 They frequently fet fire to the dry herbage that 

 was fcattered on the fands. 



Some kangaroos, of the large fpecies, and fome 

 caflbwaries, were the only animals that Riche 

 had difcovered. Although in a Hate of dejeclion, 

 he had till the 1 aft day carried about him a nu- 

 merous collection of very interefting produc- 

 tions; but his ftrengtli diminifhed in fo rapid a 



manner, 



