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142 comprehend. The conequence was, that our bad wine grew wore and wore, till we were at length obliged to ubtitute brandy in its place. This piece of negligence deprived us of one of the bet means for preerving the health of the crew during a voyage, in the coure of which they ran the hazard of being in want of every neceary.

The obervations taken on board the Recherche, gave us for its anchoring tation at the Cape of Good Hope, 33° 54′ 24″ S. lat. 16° 4′ 25″ E. longitude.

The variation of the magnetic needle at the ame place was 24° 30′ W.

Our atronomer Bertrand found, for the place of his obervatory in the town, 33° 55′ 22″ 4-5ths S. lat. 16° 3′ 45″ E. long.

The variation of the magnetic needle, as oberved by him, was 24° 31′ 52″ W. The dip of a flat needle gave 47° 25′.

During the whole time we lay at anchor, the mercury in the thermometer was never higher than 25° above 0. CHAP.