S PRINGS . N ew- Z e e land no doubt bas abundance ó f fprings and rivulets ;
and there is hardly an iflet or rock, which is höt’blcflcd with a
fpring of frelh water. In Dujky Bay there' are lèverai rich fprings ;
but all the wafer running and being drained through a rich,,
fpungy, loofe mould formed from putrefied vegetables:, has acquired
a deep bróWn colour; it is neverthelefe free from foulnefs; has ho
peculiar talïé and keeps at fea remarkably well.
T ie r s a del F ueGo. is richly provided with the fined: Iprings'
and large ponds o f frefli water, from' thé melted molk,, ofi its high
and barred rocks. In fome- places we oblerved lafgfe and h igh
cafcades, which greatly contribute to foften the harlhnels- o f its
wild fcenery. •
In South-G e or g ia and Sandwich- L an d , we met With no
lprings : but as there is ice enough in its vicinity and even as far as
the parallel of 510 South latitude, in their fpring fealbn, and in
the depth of fumrher and autumn higher up in 0y° and 70°» a navigator
cannot be at a lofs for frelh water in high Southern latitudes.
I f I except the water at Tanna in the hot Wells,1 which perhaps
may contain fome faline particles on account o f a faint adringency
I faded; we did not meet With any other medicated water whatfoever
in the eourfe o f our expedition.
S e c t .
c T I O N II.
V Ü L E T 1
A L L the fprings o f the Society Illes, Marquefas, and N ew - R. y u _
■ Zeeland form rivulets; but none'of them are fo condderable l e t s .
as to deferve a particular notice. In D u lk y Bay where all the inlets
o f the fea are very deep, we always found, that wherever the
bottoms o f bays or creeks have a dream o f water coming down,
the water gradually fhoaled, fo that at a good didance from the
bottom of the bay, the boats ran a ground ; which I think confirms
the opinion, that thefe dreams having by their impetuofity
after a heavy rain or melting o f fnow from the fides o f the deep
hills, carried a great many earthy particles down to the very mouth
c f the riv.ulet, they dépolit them there gradually ; being, as I fup-
pofe, neceflitated to this dépolit by the reddance o f the briny and
therefore heavier fluid o f the ocean, by the winds and tides meeting
the dream, and other fuch caufes. .
W e obferved, in the feveral inlets and arms Forming this fpaci-
•ous bay, fometimes cafcades rulhing rapidly down, and falling ftom
vad heights before they met with another rock.' Some o f théfe
cafcades with their neighbouring fcenery, require the pencil and
H z rgeniuS