or 24s.

{91a} a day; and, besides this, the boat which he had hired for his own use was always at my disposal.

I must also take this opportunity of mentioning that I never drank, on board any other vessel, such clear and excellent water--a proof that it is not so easily spoilt by the heat of the tropics, or a protracted period, as is generally imagined.

It all depends upon care and cleanliness, for which the Dutch are especially celebrated; and I only wish that every captain would, in this respect at least, imitate their example.

It is rather too bad for passengers to be obliged to quench their thirst with thick and most offensive water-- a disagreeable necessity I was subjected to on board every other sailing vessel in which I made a voyage of any length.
Victoria is not very pleasantly situated, being surrounded by barren rocks.