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Jan.] able wherever the water was agitated. This phophorecence differed in no other repect from that uually oberved at ea, than in its greater intenity, proceeding from the uperabundance of phophoric globules. Such phophoric ubtances abound much more in the vicinity of the land, than in the open ea at the ame latitude; as I have remarked upon a former occaion.

A light S.E. breeze enabled us in the afternoon of the following day to direct our coure towards the mouth of Table Bay. As oon as it blew a little freher, we teered with full ails towards the Pointe des Pendus, ranging very near to the coat, our depth according to the oundings being pretty uniformly about five toies.

About half an hour after five we cat anchor in a bottom of muddy grey and, at the depth of about twenty-four feet, and ditant 5,130 toies from the hore. The principal teeple in the town bore E. 38° S. The flag upon the Croupe de Lion E. 3° N. The flag at the northernmot ide of the fort E. 48° N. The Iland Robben N. 1° W.

We had not a ingle ick man on board, although the length of our paage had reduced us to a very canty daily allowance of water; but we had endeavoured to compenate for the want of it by a copious ue of various anticorbutic re- medies.