APPENDIX III. 



Obser\'atioxs duriiif^ a Voyage of Hesearcli on the East 

 Coast of Africa, from Cape Guardafui south to the 

 Ishmd of Zanzibar, in the II. C.'s cruisers Ternate, 

 (Captain T. Smce,) and Sylph schooner (Lieutenant 

 Hardy). "With short notes by Richard F. Burton. 



January 2n(l (1811), AVednesday. Sailed from Bombay 

 in company with our consort, the Sylph schooner, Lieut. 

 Hardy, having under convoy two merchant vessels bound 

 to Mocha. 



'hd, Thursday. Spoke Lieut. Hardy, who informed us 

 liis chronometer had unfortunately stopped : at noon the 

 thermometer in the shade stood at 79", lat. obsd. 18" 

 10' X., long. 71'^ wind fresh from N.N.E. with 



fair weather. 



4th, Friday. We had fine weather with a light north- 

 easterly wind. Our thermometer, which had been fixed 

 in the companion-hatch of the gun-room, was yesterday 

 in the evening removed to a more exposed situation, to 

 the Captain's cabin on deck. At noon to-day observed it 

 had fallen to 78°, being one degree lower than yesterday : 

 lat. 17^ 48' N., long. G9^ 47' E. 



5th, Saturday. During the preceding night a heavy 



