In whàt I saw produced in the latter, sulphùr and metallic
substances séemed to prédominai e. The -governor first pointed
out to me that after ralm had fallen, ‘the saline particleston the
tops of the mountains appeared like dross of bright copper*?
there not being, any rain while I staid on the islanded had not
an opportunity of seeing this; a The same.gentleman shéwedmè-
some Saltpetre" he had found on- the island, ‘the discovery-Of
which, and the national benefit resulting therefrom, he was very,
sanguine in. We tried it ; and although notrsojatrong.-us what
I liad on board, yet there is little doubt but it may turn-out of
some advantage.
I have-already mentioned -the -females spinning cottdnV the
tsèés producing which are of an ùncommon side.- Two ofthemj
near Port-Pray a are generally visited by strangers-: /o i|e e f them
measured -in the girt twelve yards three quarters-. On the bark
of at I observed engraved the names of.-several Brit-ish-.;naval
officers, and the ships they belonged to. Among dthefsùbà
Lion, with Lord Macartney’«* Sir Erasmus Gower’s* and the;
nameSî’df^e-diffêrentibffitfe^;:'r®hês:ëtrèeS'?‘wëreîtl^^i|yBttp9^
curious that-the Governor pointechdut to m e »
: Of wild animals, except the -cattle already mentioned, I saw
none but monkeys and cats.
E-ish are plenty in the Bay, and sometimes turtle are ‘caught;?
but unless by those who have been in Europe, th e latter are
not-eaten. In hauling the seine?qf the Lady-Nelson we-’caught
a very -fine green turtle, of one hundred -and fifty weight. The?
natives who were on the beach at the time said it wiis not good?
to eat .
-Having got all my water‘casks-filled, and the-rigging put in
good order, I wished to-know the state of tnÿ-keels. On raising:
the after one I found it broken shortvoff-in the wake of a>bolt,
which bolt, being in the nip of the bottom -of thëwèssel, was
nearly
nearly ffient^double,; and-, no doubt, happened in the heavy
weather'ah©ady; mentioned :-. but here if became;,6f the greatest
consequence to ‘me to-refpair th e ‘broken keel. In the?|GCom-
plrshmefttf'bf this I h^d-aiyenifeboribusi'jobras’, I hadndt aW -
penter on* boaril Ho^evei^ «with- the assistahbbiofeorie of «my1
’o®ev4 I finish©^? in two^ays^'&nd^e-
offered m ealbthcrhelp iri.hisffbwdn... ;■ 1 *
.. Previousjt© sailing I purchased'a bullock’ weighing two hundred
andfevetfyffive,' pounds'. On payang-for^it’ Lhsjldf an ?op
portanity of finding out theyeagon -of ■the inhabit^t^beingrsAl
Unwilling to answer my. questions.- J .When I do^o's^ed fhq mov
neyT was surprised, tc^ee. neariyjdn©r;huLf of if s,emtto th e Go-
wemoi*-. r’;0 n ask ifig cth e^ ea sq n ^th ^Lw as.tq ld if.was a duty
to-'thfeOrow-n.' T am'>of*--opinion, all the herd's I saw without
kee,pers'of marks a re -th e 'p ro p ^ ty /oA th ^ feW & d an d fhe in dividuals,
who .cat-ch ■and kill them are paid a ^ r f a m ^ # o r t io n
for -theimfco'ubtey-and' an y ,^ x n ^g f4the% lands -may. puffer (ljjd
t o e jd i id ^ # I |^ B e s id e s , itfffiayie'’pru#nfef6i-con€6^w h e ^
e- wild oirno|y to -»prevent s tr a n ^ ^ k ill ^ t li^ i,'; . fcf\
witihh .-meamlboth^he .crown and' individualsywould?4 ^ ^ h e I
p u r i^ em o n e y . This i|mot?the ease with their h q § ^ ; a small
duty,’.only?! believojgbeS tb theigqvevnrhent foEtfh.!esei,j \ i
On'the-2f th of ?April^4 fed,/adieuto;St. J | g ^ With pdf-?
mission of the'Gavernor, I entered 'on th ^ ^ d l t ^ h <?°ic-s>two
-^osangmen, -making -up 4Jap rcreiv to tw e ly e ^ a ll.
clear of the islands I found a stron g curredt^ett^gg y l f e u t h ,
■whichdiffered--ourdatitud^hybobservation,thirty-hiii||moWtg
the south than our distance would jg$vevt I i ; a t ^ s f i |h ^ e o t e d
some fault in the-log-lin%Jpf "|gJ|if(^eS',thUfton tria y |o tund them
ah^rWrfea^ i rThe thermometer now'in 8% |
% ^ c a l of the ship’s company began to complain,of 'biliqua
disorders’.
On