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usual arctic aquatic birds, though few in number; 
—and in insects, of butterflies, moths, bees, gnats, 
&c.* Some of the Fame’s people discovered a bee’s 
nest, which, after braving a formidable attack 
from the little inhabitants, they contrived to rob 
of the honey, which these industrious insects had 
stored for their future provision. 
As the sun crossed the meridian whilst I re¬ 
mained on shore, with an unclouded sky, the 
heat became excessive. It produced such a de¬ 
gree of relaxation and thirst, that we were glad 
not only to drink of every refrigerant stream, but 
particularly to make use of the mountain-sorrel 
(Itumex digynus), which fortunately grew in in¬ 
numerable tufts about the plain and along shore, 
whose acid properties were extremely grateful and 
refreshing. Mr Lloyd, captain of the Trafalgar, 
who, with my Father, accompanied me in part of 
this excursion, took advantage of a fresh breeze 
of wind from the southward, and sailed in his 
boat about twenty miles or more up Hurry’s In¬ 
let, where he landed on a projection of Jameson’s 
Land. Here he experienced a degree of heat, 
as oppressive to his feelings, as he ever suffered 
either in the East or West Indies, to which tor¬ 
rid regions he had been a frequent visitor. It so 
? Sec Appendix No. III. 
