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 116 SURVEY'OF THE INTERTROPICAL 11; pap/,r but bore a very great depreciation; the �r. premium upon bills of. exchange upon Europe, at' tl/e time of.our departure, was as much as 66 to 76 per cent., and upon silver. coin there was a depreciation.of 45 per cent. On the voyage to this place, three charts of he r/orth:west coast were reduced and copi.ed by Mr. Eoe, and were forwarded to the Admiralty by H. M.. Sloop Cygnet, together with a.brief account of our voyage, from the time that we parted company with the Dick, off' Cape Van Diemen. No observations were taken at this place, ex- cepting for ascertaining the rates of the .chwno- mers, and for the variation and dip of the magnetic needle: the former being l 31' West, and the latter 51 � 1". The situation of the observatory has been long since fixed by the Abbe de la Caille, in BO � South latitude, and 57 � East longitude. I cannot conclude this very brief account of our visit to Mauritius, without expressing my acknowledgments for the civil/ties and hospita- lity we received from our countrymen .at Port Louis, prticularly from His Excellency Sir Eo- bert T. Farquhar, Bart. who so long and ably presided as Governor of the Island; and for

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