From Courfes Cape Holland to Cape Gallant Miles Latitude .Long. w. ffg — 2l4- S30 :5°' 73° 9 ' Cape Gallant to Elizabeth bay W.N.W. 4-W. ” 4. ;53~43. 73 24 Elizabeth’s bay to York Point W. N. W. W. ' ft." 53. 39 73 32 York road to Cape Crofs-tide W. |S . — IO
York road to Cape Quod W. 3 S. — 21 53 33 74 6
Cape Quod to St. David’s Head S. E. : —: 4r Cape Quod to Butler’s bay s. 4 w,, _ ; 4 53 37 74 9 - Cape Quod to Chance bay s. s.w. — 5 Cape Quod to Great Muffel bay s. wy-4 s. — 6
Cape Quod to Snow Sound w. s. w. 4 w. IO
Cape Quod to Lion's Cove W.N. W. 4W, 12 S3 26. 74 25 Lion’s Cove to Good-Luck bay W. N. W. i W. 6 53 23 74 33 Cape Quod to Cape Notch W. N. \V. .j.W. 2Ï 53 2 2 74 35
Cape Notch to Swallow harbour S,.S„g, — K ,S3 p 74 m Cape Notch to Pifs-pot bay w. 4 s. — 43. Cape Notch to Cape Monday W. — H Ü 2,8 53.74:i 75 ?? Cape Monday to Cape Upright W. by N. — p 5;3i:> 6 75 3.8 Cape Monday to, a great Sound on
the N. Ihore ------ ------ N. ------ 7' __
Cape Upright to Cape Providence N. by W. i W. : 9 . 52' 57 75: 37. Cape Upright to Cape Tamer N.W. by W,*,W. 1 8 _
Cape Upright to Cape Pillar W . N . — . 5° . 5:4 43 .7 6 e>% Cape Pillar to Weftminfter ifland N. E .4.N. -. >5 J Cape Pillar to Cape Vi&ory N. W. 4 . N .— 28 j
Cape Pillar to the ]flds of Direflion IW. N. W. — 2 3- 5 2 2 7 . 7.7; H
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C H A P . IV.
The Paffage' from the Streight of Magellan, to 'King
George the Third’s I f and, called Otaheite, in the South
Sea, with an Account of the Difcovery of feveral other
Ifands, and a Defeription o f their Inhabitants..
A S we ■ continued - our courfe. to- the weft ward, after- 1767.
having cleared the. Streight, we faw a great number . A^rll‘ .
o f gannets, Iheerwaters, pintado birds, and many others, Sunday i3i
about the £hip, and. had for the moft part ftrong gales(
hazey weather, and heavy feas,. fo that we were frequently
brought under our courfes, and there was not a dry place in
the dhip for fome-weeks together.
At eight in the morning o f the 23d, we had an obferva- Wednef. 22,
tion, by which we found our longitude to be 95° 46' W. and
at noon, our latitude was 42° 24 S. and the variation, by
azimuth, i 10 6' E.
By the 24th, the men began to fall down very fall in colds Friday 14.
and fevers, in confequence of the upper works being open,
and their cloaths and beds continually wet.
On the 26th, at four in the afternoon, the variation, by azi- Sunday 26.
muth, was 10° 20' E. and at f i x in the morning of the next Monday 27,
day, it was 9°S' E. Our latitude, on the 27th at noon, was
36° 54'S. our longitude, by account, 100“ W. This day, the
weather being moderate and fair, we dried all the people’s
cloaths, and got the fick upon deck, to whom we gave falep,
and