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KERGUELEN’S VOYAGE TO THE NORTH. "84
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Brazil, which are laid down in the Dutch charts in latitude 52°, and in thofe of M.
Bellin in 51°. At fix o’clock, the wind blowing frefh from the N. W., having pafled
the latitude of Brazil, I fteered S. S. E., keeping rather more to the eait as I advanced
towards the fouth.
The feventh at noon I was in latitude 48° 50’; Ufhant bearing E. 4° S., feventy-
eight leagues diftant.
The eighth, at eight in the morning, having fteered continually E. S. E, from yel-
terday noon, the wind W. and frefh, I changed my courfe to S. E. quarter E.., on ac-
count of the wind veering toS. W., and the poflibility of its getting to the S., as well
becaufe I had to miftruft the currents of the channel, that is to fay, of the flood-tide,
which is ftronger than the ebb: I founded at four in the morning, and met with one
hundred fathoms water, bottom red fand, with pieces of broken fhining fhells. At
noon I was in latitude 48° 21’, Ufhant bearing E. 4° N., twenty-feven leagues diftant.
I continued fteering S. E. quarter E. till half paft four, when I founded. I found ninety
fathoms water, bottom of fand, not red and fhells not fo much broken as in the morn-
ing. This founding and my reckoning placed me in the direction of W. quarter S. W.
of Ufhant, eighteen to twenty leagues diftant. At feven o’clock the wind became W.
the weather milder, the fly clear, I fteered north, in order to keep before the ebb-tide,
and at ten o’clock $.S, W. to take advantage of the flood. At the opening of the
Troife the tides run S. W. and N. E.
The ninth, at two in the morning I founded, finding the fame depth, and fame bottom,
I fteered I. quarter S. E. the wind blowing W. N. W. very frefh, a fine fea, but cloudy
weather with fome rain, falling at the bounds of the horizon, which the wind was bring-
ing towards us. Atnoon I fell in with Ushant laying N. E. five leagues diftant, there
was one hour of flood to come, I hoifted all fail to take advantage of the tide, and an-
chored in Breft roads at five o’clock.
Thus finifhed my firft voyage, in which I have inferted fome obfervations made on my
fecond voyage ; but as I could not include the whole, I have fubjoined them in the
form of a fupplement to the four parts, which have been read before.
SUPPLEMENT
TO THE FOUR PARTS OF THE RELATION OF A VOYAGE TO THE NORTH SEA.
Containing Return to Iceland ; paffing between Birds tfland ; abridged Account of Green-
land ; Defcription of the Port of Brandfoom in Norway ; Remarks on the Soundings, and
Navigation of the Dogger-Bank ; Entrance into Oftend ; Notes relative to entering the
Port and that of Dunkirk ; Return to Breft through the Channel.
AS foon as the frigate La Folle was difmantled, I fet off to render an account of my
miffion to the Duke de Praflin. This minifter informed me that I muft make ready to
repeat the voyage in the fpring. I requefted of him in preference to a frigate the cor-
vette l’Hindrolle, of fixteen fix-pounders, with a complement of one hundred and
twenty men; on account of fuch a veilel being the fitteft for the operations which I had
planned. I repaired to Breft at the end of April to begin equipping the veffel.
_ The tenth of May, I was in the roads, and | only waited for a fair wind to fet fail.
The Duke de Praflin was fo obliging as to grant me the two firft officers I had on board
LaFolle, Meflrs. Duchatel, and the Chevalier Ferron, two officers full of zeal and
genius; M. le Chev. Bernard de Marigny, an officer of diftinguifhed merit, gave sia
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