30 AVOYAGETOTHE 



CHAP. III. 



Various Employments in Port Egmont. — Ruins of a Town 

 dif covered. — Meet with two Ships employed in the Oil 

 Trade. — Method of extraEting Oil from the Blubber of 

 the Sea Elephant. — Several Birds defcribed. — Refrejh- 

 me?its obtained there. — Leave Port Egmont^ and pro- 

 ' ceed to States Bay. — Difference between the Sea Lion 

 and Sea Elepha?it pointed out. — Remains of a Wreck 

 difcovered. — Leave Falhlai^d^ s Ifands and proceed on 

 the Voyage. — Pafs St at en s Land. — Stormy Weather in 

 doubling Gape Horn. — Pick up a Niunber of Turtle. — 

 Fruitlefs Search for Los Magos. — Arrive ii% Sight of 

 Owhyhee* 



MMEDIATELY after we were moored, I ordered the 



_^ whale-boat to be lowered down, and went on fhore,. 



January, accompanied by captain Dixon, to infped: the watering- 



Thurfdays- y^^iZQ pointed out bj my mate, and which was fituated on 



the North fhore : it afforded excellent water, which run: 



through an immenfe bed of large ftones ; but the path to 



the watering place being alfo very ftony, and liable to 



hurt our cafks very much, I was induced to look out for a 



more eligible fpot. We walked along fhore to the Eaftward,. 



and fell in with feveral runs of good water, but the accefs 



to every one of them was equally flony. As thefe flones 



occupy a number of vallies whofe declivity is coniiderable, 



and which are feparated by high mountains, I think it 



3 very 



