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mometer at 78". Lat. observed at nooa 2"^ 4' X. ; loug. by 

 chron. at noon 45'^ 46' E. According to us, Magadoslio 

 is situated in !N^. lat. 2*^ 3'/ and in long, by cbron. 42" 

 43' E. 



2nd, Saturday. Being driven from Magadosbo the 

 preceding night, we intended if possible to make Meeya 

 or Maiea,"^ a place laid down about 14 or 15 miles to the 

 S.W. of Madagascar. At twilight, however, saw nothing 

 of such a place, and were again forced to stand out to sea 

 during the night, when we must have passed it ; for at 

 noon to-day we were off the town of Brava in IN", lat. 1" 

 ir, and long. 44" 9' E. This town is situated under some 

 very high reddish land, spotted with black rocks, and has 

 several small islands abreast of it at a very short distance 

 from the shore, one of which, to the southward, opposite a 

 white sand}^ patch of high ground, has a tower or light- 

 house on it. The land between Magadosho and Brava is 

 uniformly high, and has that remarkable reddish appear- 

 ance already so often described. Our bad fortune still 

 persecuted us ; we could not anchor here for the same 

 reasons that had prevented us at Magadosho ; we there- 

 fore yielded to our fate, and again took refuge in a secure 

 distance from the shore. The houses of Brava are similar 

 to those of Magadosho. The weather continued unaltered, 

 with the thermometer at 80" ; N. lat. observed at noon 

 1" 14'. 



3rd, Sunday. At noon we were in lat. 0" 5' IST. The 

 land is low and woody. Proceeded along shore, looking 

 attentively for a river (^STote 6) described to discharge itself 

 thereabouts : our search proving fruitless, at sunset came 



1 N. lat. 2" 2' 18" (Capt. Giiillaiii). 

 * Marka town, N. lat. 1° 44' 1", geuerally kuowu as Bandar Marka. 



