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SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL 
CHAPTER III. 
Departure from Port Louis : — Voyage to the South-West Coast 
of New Holland : — Anchor in King George the Third’s Sound; 
— Occurrences there : — Visited by the Natives : — Our intercourse 
with them: — Description of their weapons and other imple- 
ments: — Vocabulary of their language; — ^Meteorological and 
other observations: — Edible plants; — Testaceous productions. 
1821. On the 10th of November we were ready for 
Nov. 10. sea, but, from various delays, did not quit the 
15 , port until the 15th. At midnight we passed 
round the Morne Brabant, and the next evening 
at sunset saw the high land of Bourbon : for the 
first two days we had south-east winds, and upon 
reaching the parallel of 25°, the winds became 
light and baffling, with calms; but as we ad- 
vanced more to the southward, they gradually 
veered to east and north-east, and afterwards to 
21. north-west, with very fine weather. We did not 
get out of the influence of these variable winds 
28. until the 28th, when we were at noon in latitude 
32° 47', and longitude 65° 5' ; after which we 
encountered westerly winds and rough weather. 
On the whole, we had a very quick passage 
to the coast of New Holland ; and for the last 
week were expedited by a strong westerly 
