[31] British Empire in America, Vol. II. p. 319.
[32] Dampier, Vol. I, p. 73.
[33] In the Sloane Collection, Brit. Mus.
[34] Cowley's MS. Journal. Sloane Collection, No. 54.
[35] See also Pernety's Journal, p. 179, English translation.
[36] Dampier's Manuscript Journal, No. 3236, Sloane Collection, British Museum.
[37] The writer of Commodore Anson's Voyage informs us that Juan Fernandez resided some time on the Island, and afterwards abandoned it.
[38] Dampier's Voyages, Vol. I, Chap. 5.
[39] The latter part of the above extract is from Cowley's Manuscript.—Captain Colnet when at the Galapagos made a similar remark. He says, 'I was perplexed to form a conjecture how the small birds which appeared to remain in one spot, supported themselves without water; but some of our men informed me that as they were reposing beneath a prickly pear-tree, they observed an old bird in the act of supplying three young ones with drink, by squeezing the berry of a tree into their mouths. It was about the size of a pea, and contained a watery juice of an acid and not unpleasant taste. The bark of the tree yields moisture, and being eaten allays the thirst. The land tortoise gnaw and suck it. The leaf of this tree is like that of the bay-tree, the fruit grows like cherries; the juice of the bark dies the flesh of a deep purple.' Colnet's Voyage to the South Sea, p. 53.
[40] Dampier, Vol. I, p. 112.