NARRATIVE OF A RESIDENCE
ON THE
ISLAND OF TRISTAN D’ACUNHA,
IN TH E
SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN.
O n the 17th of February * 1824, I embarked
at Rio de Janeiro, on board the sloop “ Duke
of Gloucester,” Captaim Amm, master, bound
for the Cape of Good Hope. In dropping
down to harbour mouth, we got “ athwart
hawse” an American brig, but no damage
was done. A sea breeze having set in, we
were obliged to boat out; and, whilst thus
engaged, we passed the ship which had the
Ring of Owyhee onboard. “ The Spartiate,”
Sir George Air, was also lying in the harbour,
with several French frigates. The Sugar-
loaf and other mountains were covered with
