sioned by shoals offcoral so very near the surface,as to
be easily distinguished by the 'whitened sheet*, of water
over them,
Very soon after the Lion’s return to this !spot, the
long lost Jackal! came into sight. It had been conjectured
that in the stormy night, in which she lost company of
the ships, or in her attempt afterwards to follow them,
she had met with some severe misfortune. „She had been
manned by a part of the Lion’s crew ; and their former
companions, who knew not then of Great Britain s
being at war, could-not have even the consolation of
supposing their friends, tho captive, yet alive..1 The
joy of seeing her was very general : she had, in ifa$£
being damaged in the beginning of the^oyage,- returned
into port to repair; and afterwards used every diligence tp
join the ships. She was obliged-to stop, for refreshments J:
a few days at Madeira, where she* arrived, a short time
after the Lion had left it;' She pursued the -latten-todSt;
Jago, which she reached, likewise, some days, too Hate.
From thence to North Island she'did not come.oneefÂt©
anchor. She was what navigators call a good* sea-boat;
being compactly built, and little liable to perish by mere
foul weather ; but neither did she afford much shelter
against the hardships of a rough voyage, or .make her
way so quickly as larger vessels against violent waves-.
Her provisions were damaged by:salt waterj, and her
crew was reduced to a very scanty pittance when she
Juried.theoLion.r Mr., Lieutenant, Saunders, who
commanded'heEpgafe m-ueb qsedifoforlhis conduct, throughout
:the-4óyèg%dï?
S he „was veryisoon^readiW to - accompany the Lion, but
fchel -monsQoi®g®®:Sf*still adf ersp< 3 this.J@|ïGumsfcance % was
the* idijpve jiegrettedl:t^'t’h©J^^WiS‘'i^|>fbQth ships-now be-
gan-„to henv^T^.,si^hiy..dT^ei^eOaayhah,de^had) indeed,
the satisfaction!of havi*Bgifpast six/months, from- leaving
Portsmouth,’withou;6S!^^i,§|a man^ojj^^sfxishundred
persons... .S,%hhhiadr@iffeumstancé^^|ldfih^-happens. any
whepse4.*! The proportion ‘of/dêathsv inlat|similar period;
in^iftörhealthies-tj sp©# a^oSQ,lds, ”at4'§^t0'oflgdo
hundred*,-* and in Lóddofi^Wpi^ 11siiaust. *b«É ^n ^ ^ ed ^
ftav^eVier,. thafrJh^É^idstdf darigglt^ldiseas^s JiacL taken
foot; amon^tth^;;®®ew® The evil* ’ponseqjienegs o£»av-^.
life, and:.of aihotfelinaate;db'dgan .tb. sftow> themselv^^
andvtbeaja’uftiber ó f persons- on' sick liStgdnter^sjM
,'c®nsiderabliyo The ships often moved;tè,.different parts
of thêïscoksjtsj of1 Ja'va and Shmatra, ln |p rd e ri’to findvgd£
thé *Hèalthksfand .coolest spot', whhrertheyjmight wait
forïühö-ft^ourable miomentoffprplpe^h^fififthepi. p
« Ifebeetfrred to the mattómaticali^nj-kpien, on board
the ships, to employ their leisure in measuring a base.on
shore,I (they * haying the advantage of an excellent in strument
for taking anglesJdn
curacy .of the,;former ehaH^ ©f thd fnortheip!*j entrance
into: the Straits of Sunda. With thi's-fiew aIe-^%1 beach
Straits of
Sunda.