'A second journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, between the years 1810 and 1816. With a journal of the voyage by the Brazils and Bombay to the Persian Gulf. Together with an account of the proceedings of His Majesty's embassy under Sir Gore Ouseley, Bart. K.L.S. With two maps, and engravings from the designs of the author.' [‎9] (42/516)

TRISTAN D'ACUNHA.
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the largest of which is alone called Tristan d'Acunha ; the southermost,
and smallest, Nightingale Island; and the westernmost, Inaccessible
Island. By a mean of the observations of eight different ships, Tristan
d'Acunha is in lat. 37° 6' S. long. 11° 44' W. It is remarkable that the
Lion had anchored here when she carried out Lord Macartney to China.
Tristan d'Acunha is about 15 miles in circumference. Inaccessible
Island about 9 miles, and Nightingale 7 or 8. The whole island of
Tristan d'Acunha forms the base of a volcanic mountain, whose sum
mit terminates in a peak. That peak is generally covered with snow,
but we saw it imperfectly in consequence of the clouds. We calculated
its height to be about 7000 feet; but some observers have called it
11,000, whilst others, again, have reduced it to something near our
measurement, and have taken it at 8000 feet. One of our crew, who
had been in the American service, and who, on a former occasion, had
been left on the island to kill seals, informed us that there is a cascade
of fresh water which falls on the beach, on the N. W. side of the island,
and that with a syphon, water may be drawn into casks in the boat.
The shore is covered with seals and penguins. Ships, on their voyage to
China, frequently leave a part of their crew to collect seal skins, and take
them up on their return. An American captain procured 5600 skins in
eight months, and might have loaded his ship with oil in three months.
Our weather continued uninterruptedly fine until the 31st October,
when in lat. 41° 8 S. long. 27° 36' E. we were caught by a very
severe squall, which some even of the old seamen on board dig-