vioiis day. On the I7th, wc were iu lutituik 

 22f> SB* south, ana longitude P 0 east. 

 paw no mofe tlie weed alfcer l^is ifey; 



Frdiii tlio IStli we ox|)erienced a very liglit 

 trjulc wiinl, s(i tlmt wc did iiot make the island 

 of St. Helejui until tlui *i3d at noon, when it was 

 seen bearing north*west-by-west by compass, and 

 tSi^imt about thirty mSes, We diiited % i^m> 

 dil^amce, to Inward during the night; we how^- 

 evor soon boat np, passed high, rugged, volcanic 

 rocks, towering and glooiny, descending in 

 al)riipt precipices to the water's edge ; and 

 passed Mt^imf^ Pmi, «bbai mUtth every 

 ledge either tras Ibrlified l>y small batteries, 

 or by a solitary gun, on the sides of moun- 

 tains oi' a towering height. After opening this 

 point, the anchorage and town appears to the 

 view ; and by 8 a. w^ bad meh$t^^3sam*n 



The first approacli to this island is far from 

 being attractive to the visitor, consisting of 

 lofty, sterile precipices, without a speck of ver- 

 relieve the eye. IThe sitmiilits nf like 

 highest around fte likiid are occiipied by dgnal 

 stations, and are almost in constant requisition, 

 fi'oin flie number of vt^ssels contimially arriving at 

 rhis 'Mioek." Small Imtterics, mounting several 

 puns, occupy every ledge of rock where defence 



