viii CONTENTS OF THE APPENDIX. 



No. Page 



27. Proceedings in the Carmen 178 



28. Winds, &c. off Southern Chile 183 



29. Letter from the Government of Chile 186 



30. Orders to Mr. Usborne 186 



31. Letters, &c. from Peruvian Government 188 



32. Passport for the Constitucion 190 



33. Additional Passport 191 



34. Low, or Paamuto, Islands 192 



35. Mr. Busby's Announcement 193 



36. New Zealand Declaration 195 



37. Mr. M'Leay's Letter 197 



38. Extract from Instructions 198 



39. Notes on surveying a wild coast 202 



40. Remarks on the coast of Northern Chile 208 



41. Remarks on the coast of Peru 231 



42. Letter from the Government of Buenos Ayres 273 



43. Letter from Merchants at Lima 273 



44. Description of a Quadrant 274 



45. Remarks on Clouds 275 



46. A very few Remarks on Winds 277 



47. Remarks on Tides 277 



48. Harris's Lightning Conductors 298 



49. Fresh Provisions obtained 298 



50. Temperature of the Sea 301 



51. Remarkable Heights 301 



52. Americus Vespucius 304 



53. Barometrical Observations in St^ Cruz 308 



54. Nautical Remarks 310 



55. Remarks on Chronometrical Observations and a Chain 



of Meridian Distances 317 



ERRATA, &c. IN THE APPENDIX. 



Page 1, line 4, of figures, j^r 29,4, read 30,4>. 

 65, line 4, of figures, for 0.15, read 215. 



85, line \, for 00" read 36"; line 2 (of figures), for 3,0'' read 5\" ; 

 line 3, for 14" read 21" ; and line 4,/or 22'' read 36". 



