hrenni, |u>rcl]^ tS;*.'. ; nm\ many 1 t.uste<l, were ot* 

 very excellent fuid fiftvotxr*. 



On the aftei*»<iOji tlie foUowi)t% diqr, t^tli>) 

 we Sailt'd from St. Helena, and t'xporienced he- 

 twy'vu tliat ishnid an<I A<t'(mpinn a li<>lit tradr- 

 vvind, which woidd occasionally I'reslieii for a 

 short period* Early on <fee moisskitig of the 

 4th <d Mrn^f HiB Is^mi # Ascenmn 

 seen, bearing north-west-half-west, by compass 

 distant about twenty-five miles.* Onr course 

 was steered , <o as to pass close to the settleioent. 

 The appearance of the island is sterile in the 

 iem^mt^i seeming onfy Mletife^ fer ha- 

 bitation of ilie nunierons h^^^qIq birds which 

 hovered about the ship in great mimlicrs. Vol- 

 canic rneks, in rugg'ed and mis-shapen masses, 

 terminating in abrupt precipiccSj or shelving 



ijeellvito, htm the pnm^fsl of the 



xdmA^ And when the elottds wiuiob envelop 

 the Green Mountain passed away, its verdant 

 character contrasted in a very beautiful manner 

 with the sterile rocks and mountainsj red with 

 tufa, or yolcame |fc$hj beneath. Btme 

 little white haHt^ttitms, pearfehed on the ledge 



* A large ganilfet 'WBS seen %in^ aboirt the sWp on the 

 afternoon of the previous day, indicating a near approach to 

 land : wc were at that time about ninety miles distant frQm 

 the Islantl. 



