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weighed from four to eight pounds. Thoſe of the crew who had perceived any ſymptoms of the ſcurvy laid themſelves for ſome time, in the freſh earth, and derived conſiderable benefit from it: thoſe who advanced up the country, ſaw many trees laying in a decayed ſtate on the ground, which appeared to be of a much larger ſize than any that were ſtanding; but they ſaw no ſpring or pool of freſh water, and were not encouraged to continue their ſearch for it, as the ſurface of the ground was covered with a fine looſe cinder, that rendered the walking over it laborious and difficult; and it was the leſs neceſſary to undergo further fatigue, as we had plenty of water on board; and I was, at this time, in ſuch a ſtate of health, as rendered me incapable of attending upon any inland expedition. In the North Eaſt part of the iſland, where the ground was more firm, we afterwards found ſmall quantities of water, lodged in the cavities of rocks; but, as that muſt have been ſupplied by ſhowers, ſuch reſources muſt not only be inſufficient, but uncertain. I have, however, no doubt, but that on the North Eaſt bay, wells might be made, that would produce plenty of good water; at leaſt, the ſoil is ſuch, as to encourage ſuch an expectation: but a very heavy gale drove us to ſea, before I was ſufficiently recovered to make the experiment. The garden ſeeds which had been ſown here, on our former viſit,
