SUMMARY OF THE VOYAGE. 



Her Majesty's ship Sulphur, accompanied by her consort the Starling, quitted the 

 coast of England on the 24th December, 1835, for the purpose of prosecuting surveys 

 and scientific enquiries on the shores and among the islands of the Pacific Ocean. On 

 her way to the Brazils, she touched at Madeira and Teneriffe, and on the 19th February, 

 1836, anchored at Rio Janeiro. After a short stay, she sailed for St. Catherine's, 

 which she reached on the 28th. The vessel requiring a thorough refit previous to her 

 doubling Cape Horn, some weeks were consumed here, during which time the vegeta- 

 tion of the surrounding beautiful shores was examined, and the nucleus of the future 

 collections formed. On the morning of the 28th March, she again weighed anchor, ran 

 into Monte Video for a few hours, thence proceeded to Cape Horn, and, after a 

 tedious passage, arrived at Valparaiso, in 33° S. lat., on the 9th June. 



The health of Captain Beechey, who had hitherto held the command, being such as to 

 render his return to England necessary, Lieut. -Commander Kellett now took charge of 

 the Sulphur, and preparations were actively made for commencing her surveying duties. 

 The expedition, however, did not quit Valparaiso till the 22nd July, and the interval was 

 occupied in examining the natural history of the neighbourhood, and the Botanical 

 Collector extended his researches to St. Jago. On our way to the northward, Callao, the 

 port of Lima was visited for a few days, Payta for a few hours, and we arrived in the Bay 

 of Guayaquil in 2° 47' S. lat., the point of commencement of our operations, on the 24th 

 August. From this to Panama, in 8° 57' N. lat., the coast nearly throughout was 

 closely examined, between the months of September to January inclusive. The various 

 small ports were visited and surveyed, and no opportunities omitted to examine the 

 natural productions. The ship, however, being constantly on the move, no means 

 occurred of visiting the interior, and the labours of the naturalists were necessarily con- 

 fined to the coast. 



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