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w in d s , ral iflesj and this very South Eaft wind brought, us. to.Eaoowhe and)
Tonga-tabu-.
T h e fame trade wind with very little changes, earned us aften
leaving Tonga-tabu, out o f the tropics and even to about 32° South»
latitude,' In the year 1774, when-we returned from, the South tbs
the ifles, we met the South Eaft trade-wind in about 29' South, latitude
on the 6th o f March; it continued conftant while we failed to
Eafter-Mand and afterweleft it.:, On.March 21ft,, at three o’clock
P. M .:, in about 22° 4.5' South latitude;, the wind took us all. on a
fudden a-head-, and we had foon- after.a ftnart fliower o f rain, but it
was no fooner over than the trade wind.returned, and blew; frefli-,,
and continued to; except in a few inftanees more, when we had fome
fliowers o f rain. .About, the 'Marquefas we had rain and:, feveral
gufts of. wind,'
After we left the Marquefas, we ffiood S.- S. W . then S'. W .a n d
at laft W t S; and had thefame S. E , trade fettingrus'forward; now
and then changing our courfe, oh account o f .five low ifles we.fell.in
with, till at laft:we cameia fecond.time. to, O.-Taheitee.. ,
In our fccond run. from the Society to the Friendly, Ifles, we, had
the fame South-Eaft trade wind, and now and then a foul Weft
wind, when we came:, near, land, or while a hard, fhower o f rain, was
coming on,.and fometimes we Were becalmed. Having» been a few
days at A-Namocka, and pafledbetween Oghao and Tofooa, wefoundi
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a S'. E. wind, which hindered us from going to. Tonga-tabu as we
originally intended;. this breeze'contiriued, with.a few changes, till we
fell in: with the New Hebrides,, where we had frequent fqualls and
rain, and fometimes c a lm sW e had again Eafterly-winds in going to
New Caledonia, and when near irwere often.becalmed,, with now
and then a fquall and a hard fhower o f rain. After we left New
Caledonia we had the. wind: South;, but it.veered.gradually to W .
S , W . and W . by S. and S', on to the Wefterly quarter, where it
remained, and brought.us. to Queen Charlotte’sjSound for the third
time..
In the year 1,775, when we left the Cape of Good Hope; we
had .a frefli South-Eaft breeze, which now. and then became fome-
what more Eafterly, and.-at laft.we.were becalmed from’May 10th
to the night o f the'13th, when! the- true South-Eaft, trade fet in,
and carried us: to the iflands 'of St. Helena, Afcenfion, Fernando
de Noronha,. and to. the 4th degree North, latitude, where.we were
becalmed. From-the time we lefrSt. Helena, we had now and
then fqualls and fliowers of rain, which Were more common about
the Line. Th e calm lafted from June 15th to -the 19th, and was
accompanied w ith hard fliowers o f rain, and fet in with- thunden
and lightning. After this, we met: again a breeze at North, which
during the. night veered.to N . N . E . and-N. E . ; but, as we: adL
vanced. farther, to the North, the wind became more fettkdi
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