C O N T E N T S. 
CHAPTER I. 
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IxTiiODUCES the reader to the Expedition, and carries him to the Cape 
of Good Hope ; after -which he is taken back to the Cape De Verde 
Islands, and from thence again to the Cape of Good Hope 13 
CHAPTER II. 
We receive a visit -which is not intended to inquire after our health, and 
make the acquaintance of “ Lieutenant Paget, R.N. after which the 
purser and myself “smell a rat*’ and hre at a catbird, to the infinite 
terror of some Hottentot women 23 
CHAPTER III. 
We make up a party to visit Cape Town, and take our seats in a chariot 
— We read poetry in four languages, and think that it must be a fine 
thing to be a Mormon — We make the acquaintance of an eager gen- 
tleman, and conceive a high idea of the hospitality of Cape Town 37 
CHAPTER IV. 
We leave Simon’s Town and sail for Batavia, where we receive a visit 
that does relate to our health, and see a remarkable gun ; after which 
we listen to several astonishing accounts from an English resident, 
and again put to sea 54 
CHAPTER V. 
We reach Gaspar Straits, and commence our survey by firing a gun — I 
am ordered on temporary duty, which lasts four months and cnabics me 
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