pole. Fahrenheit's thermometer, dutiMg'the Lion’srsta^,
about sixty-two .degrees .TsTKe length of thedsland*frbm
northito: south, is upwards of four miles, its breadth from
-edst to' wfekt about two miles and a half,- and its ciWiTnl-
ference'Sleven miles,- comprehending a surface .bfetefi't
eighE-squarei miles, or iive thousand one hundred arid
twenty acres, almost the whole of which is cbvered-'wifh
a fertile soil. The.island is inaccessible- except on the
east side, where the gtfeat crater forms a- harbour',‘the-en-
trance; to which is deepening: ann^uall^taBdimight, by
the;aid of art,;be made fit for the passage ©f -large-ships.
The tides run in and out tit the rate of thrfe miles an hour,
and rise perpendicularly eight or nine feetfom th e Tull
andicWbge bf the moon. Their difefctfon^is- solith-ei'st
by.sfeuthy.'and north-east by north. A northeMyf'WifM
makesitfae highest tide. - The water is eight or-ten fathom’s
deep almost close to the edge of the crater. The Englishman
who had been, for the „second time^ upon thc’:island,
gave a very uhfavourable account of the weather durihg
the winter months. In the - summer .months it was acknowledged
to be very fine, and easterly winds uncommon;
but the winter Was always boisterous, .with hail
and snow, and a grea t swell produced by winds blowing
constantly from the north-weSt br south-west quarters.
In those times,-he said, a whirlwind was sometimes seen
to sweep oft the .surface'of the water in the cratery and to
raise it in vast sheets to the very top of the surrounding
sidesf.already mentobhed i 0 tee^hh)i»^y4|di^Qeasuremer^t,
nosfo^ss.tham seven hundred|%e$'in p&rp&ndicdkrheight.
Tire sma|lahessek, in which? *the',.-^ft|ent inhabitants
of the^iskndiwerehEQught to itT5|^h$ prblpdingSep-1
ttember,' Remained “.eithenia^nehitff or in^ih^fiing -‘for
eights»eeks; dusangJ! the|whole’ fw-hfobi^tfei^/# teat j
was; able.to lai^onky >wlee;. and^ir#ep3aS^@fede^ the#
were! left witha suclr^bbantyr.sppp^y^p9f)^o*visid^s, that-
they ',-mu-stji hay^perished^Kadi n®t «■th^i^l'and furnished I
them>with plentfyfofifisH and fowl. T-heyfptk®Wr^st in
heed fofovesg©1pfo«fo.b3=yt bufc®fed<& W'hat^ w^Mgi^aaiJ^I
tfremrfronw theTion and H-indostanth‘Bf^^d^ets“plarntd|
edpj|tat.Qps and o^ei^vegetabl'e^^hd* their 4nfr which
Baiay-praye^alseason-alafe' relifehfoyh®pl|/®,fe‘e
s^r* upon .the island: a.efreumstancedthe mc#e,d^ire-J
able from its-lying, in the track of .ships for-Ghf&; as
well as: of those bound,thy. th'e,@bter'p^sagetfo the/dast-
ernsideof Hindostan..
- The sea suppljfesrthis island with* exdellerft fisK;, particularly.
a kind oJ$n#i& which was-e(|uallyt ®velished “wffiM-' I
th^iJresH.orjsaited1.' * - Cray fish-wasfMsuch abundance oh
the han^adsoss^theUentrance in t$f;thte« crater,' that atdow
water they might,be taken byitheyhand. At th^aftehbr*-
gg.ei of .the^hipsathe penjdeltQok them, byfettibg-down
into the sea baskets, in which-;W-erefotitS»of sbarks&fieSb.
In a few minutes, the baskets being drawn up, were found
half filled with cray fish. « Hooks and iiueTspeediiy-'pro