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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
·
Captain Adam Seaborn
15
On
the
4th
of
September,
we
entered
the
harbour
of
West
Point,
Falkland
Islands.
Here
I
had
determined
to
pass
a
month
for
the
benefit
of
my
health,
which
a
short
passage
by
water
had
not
completely
restored,
from
the
debility
occasioned
by
the
vexations
and
anxieties
of
business
in
those
retrograde
times,
and
the
pernicious
habits
of
living,
common
among
civilized
men,
upon
food
rendered
palateable
by
a
skilful
admixture
of
poisons.
These
Islands
being
incontestibly
in
the
healthiest
region
of
the
globe,
I
believed
that,
by
a
short
stay
amongst
them,
I
should
regain
the
firm
health
so
necessary
to
a
man
who
undertakes
great
things;
and
at
the
same
time,
by
employing
my
people
in
sealing,
learn
them
how
to
manage
the
boats,
to
land
through
a
surf,
and
to
execute
all
the
difficult
and
dangerous
operations,
incident
to
the
occupation
of
explorers
of
unknown
shores.
At
the
same
time,
I
should
be
pursuing
the
ostensible
object
of
my
voyage;
a
matter
very
necessary
to
be
kept
in
view,
for
my
people
were
engaged
on
shares
of
what
should
be
obtained
by
their
industry.
The
first
day
was
devoted
partly
to
preparations
for
a
sealing
excursion
to
the
Jason
Islands,
and
partly
to
recreation.
West
Point
Island
abounds
with
hogs
and
goats,
the
hunting
of
which
is
both
pleasant
for
exercise,
and
profitable
by
supplying
excellent
food.
Here
are
no
tangled
forests
to
embarrass
the
sportsman,
nor
bushes
or
briars
to
annoy
his
clothes
or
his
flesh.
Neither
are
there
gnats,
moschetos,
sand-flies,
snakes,
scorpions,
or
other
reptiles,
to
render
every
step
dangerous
or
painful.
Near
the
shore,
which
is
fringed
with
granite
rocks,
a
border
of
tussoc
extends
around
the
island,
like
a
belt,
of
from
one-eighth
to
a
quarter
of
a
mile
in
width.
The
tussoc
flag
grows
from
the
top
of
a
bog
formed
apparently
by
the
roots
of
the
plants
which
had
flourished
and
decayed
on
the
spot
for
many
successive
years.
The
bogs
are,
usually,
three
to
five
feet
in
height,
and
one
to
three
feet
in
diameter.
The
substance
of
them
resembles
cork,
though
it
is
less
compact.
They
stand
irregularly
one
to
two
feet
asunder,
so
as
to
afford
convenient
room
for
a
passage
between
them,
in
every
direction,
over
a
foundation
of
much
the
same
substance
as
the
bogs
themselves,
which
is
usually
quite
dry.
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