CONTENTS. 



v 



Interior — Angra Pequena, or Santa Cruz — Ichaboe Island — Mercury Island — In- 

 tercourse with theNatives — Bird Island — Sandwich Harbour — WalwichBay 278 



' CHAPTER IV. 



Excursion into the Interior — Description of the Natives — Face of the Country — i 

 Natural Productions — Sudden and transitory Vegetation — Droves of Elephants 

 — Return to the Vessel — Sail from Walwich Bay — Arrive at Mercury Island— 

 A most afflicting Disaster, in the Loss of Ogden — Tribute to his Memory — Ar- 

 rive at Point St. Helen — Wreck of the English Brig Columbine — An Offer to 

 save her Cargo rejected — Arrive at Table Bay— Description of the Place — Sail- 

 ing Directions — Phenomenon of the Tablecloth— Sail from Table Bay, and 

 again steer to the North , . , , . 301) 



CHAPTER V. 



Robben or Penguin Island — Dassen or Coney Island— Arrive at Angra Pequena 

 — Sand-winds, and a moving Column of Sand— Intercourse with the Natives — 

 The Guinea-worm- — A Horde of Macasses, or Makosses— Ogden's Harbour — 

 Cape Frio, or Cold Cape — Great Fish Bay— A Tribe of the Cimbebas -Ex- 

 cursion into the Interior — Port Alexander — St. Philip Benguela — St. Philip's 

 Bonnet — Province, Bay, and Town of Benguela — Anchorage, Landing, Soil, 

 Climate, Productions, Water, &c, — -Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals — De- 

 scription of the Coast — Sailing Directions . .311 



CHAPTER VI. 



Visit to a Slave Brig — Cruelty and Suffering — Slaves flogged to Death— Strength 

 of conjugal Affection in an African— An affecting Scene — Beard the Tigers in 

 their Den — Cowardice of Guilt — How to abolish the Slave-trade — English 

 Colony of Sierra Leone — United States' Colony of Liberia — Sail from Benguela— 

 Homeward-bound — Island of Ascension— The Fourth of July, and a vertical Sun 

 — Arrive at New-York — Kind Reception by the Owners, and a still kinder one 

 by somebody else 324 



CHAPTER VII. 



A Sister's Inquiry for her Brother — An Evasive Answer — The Fatal Truth dis- 

 closed — A Mourning Family — Pious Resignation — A Funeral Sermon — Dis- 

 charge the Cargo — Visit Stonington — Preparations for another Voyage in the 

 Antarctic — Domestic Affairs — A Wife resolved to accompany her Husband — ■ 

 Vain Expostulations — Arguments pro and con — The Embarkation — The Pilot 

 dismissed 334 



FOURTH VOYAGE. 



CHAPTER I. 



Departure of the Antarctic — Good Qualities of the Schooner — The Captain's 

 Wife on board — Beauties of a dying Dolphin — Sudden Death of Francis Pat- 

 terson — Arrive at Bonavista — Arrive at Porto Praya — Steer for the South — The 

 Crew assailed by Fever — The Lady suffering under the same Disease — Dis- 

 tressing Situation of the Antarctic — Death of Mr. Geery — Death of Mr. Spin- 

 ney — The Prospect darkens — A Wife's dying Request to ner Husband — A Dawn 

 of Hope — The Sick begin to recover — Arrive at Tristan d'Acunha, and procure 

 Refreshments 34Z 



CHAPTER It 



Island of Tristan d'Acunha — King Lambert — Governor Glass — Gongh's Island — 

 Kerguelen's Land — Cape Desolation — Lord Auckland's Group — New-year's 



