[196] The man I took out of the canoe.

[197] It had formerly belonged to H.M.S. Doris, which was condemned at Valparaiso; being unserviceable.

[198] Mr. Murray had some bottles of beer in his boat—besides those in which the men's allowance of spirits was kept.

[199] In the lost boat were several pieces of spare line, 'King's white line,' quite new.

[200] False Cape Horn, or Cape False.

[201] A rushy kind of coarse grass.

[202] The mercury in the barometer fell to 28,94, and the oil in the sympiesometer to 28,52; the thermometer ranging from 40° to 48° (Faht.)

[203] In longitude 69.20. W.

[204] The stuffed skin is now in the British Museum.

[205] The powder and shot expended here procured four meals of fresh provisions for all hands.