1767. they fliould kill. In the mean time, the fhip was laid by the
September., £ e m t0 g e t at fome o f the copper fheathing which had
Monday 21. k een much torn; and in repairing the copper, the carpenter
difcovered and Hopped a large leak under the lining o f the
knee of the head, by which we had reafon to hope moll of
the water that the veffel had lately admitted in bad weather,
came in. During our Hay here, I ordered all the
oaober. people on fhore by turns, and by the 15th of October, all
Thurf ay ij. tj)e bejjjg recovered, our wood and water completed,
and the Hup made fit for the fea, we got every thing o£F the
fhore, and embarked all our men from the watering-place,
each having, at leafl, five hundred 'limes, and there being
feveral tubs fu ll on the quarter-deck, for -every one to
fqueeze into his water as he fliould think fit.
Friday 16 At break o f day, on Friday the 1 6th, we weighed, and
failed out o f the bay, fending the boats at the fame time to
Lthe North end o f the illand, to bring off Mr. Gore and his
hunters. At noon, we received them and their tents on board,
with a fine large bull which they had juft killed.
While we lay at anchor in this place, we had many obfer-
vations for the latitude and longitude, from which w e drew
up the following table :
Latitude of the Ihip, as fhe lay at anchor '14° 55' N i;
Latitude of the watering-place - - - H 59 N.
Longitude of the body of Tinian - - - 2 1 4 W.
Longitude of Tinian Road - - - - 2 1 4 £ W.
Medium of Longitude, obferved at Tinian 2 1 4 7
Wednef. 21. We continued a wefterly courfe, inclining fomewhat to
„ the North, till the atft, when, Tinian Tnumay22. bearinog S. /7 10 t4 0 ' E.
diftant 277 leagues, we faw many birds; and the next day,
faw three refembling gannets, o f the fame kind that we had
feen when we were within about thirty leagues o f Tinian.
On
Qn the 23d, we had much thunder, ljghtning, and. rain,
with ftrong gales and a great lea. The fhip laboured very
much, and the rudder being loofe again, fhook the ftem-as -
much as ever. The next day,- we faw feveral fniall iand Saturday 24.
birds, and the gales continuing, we fplit the gib and main-
top-maft-ftay-fail; the wind increafed all the remainder of
the day, and all night, and on Sunday it blew a ftorm. The Sunday 25.
fore-fail and mizen-fail were tom to pieces, and loft; and
having bent others, we wore and flood under a reefed forefail,
and balanced mizen. We had the mortification to find
the fhip admit more water than ufual. We got the top-gallant
mails down upon the deck, and took the gib-boom in ;
foon after which a fea ftruck the fhip upon the bow, and
wafhed away the round-houfes', with all the rails of the
head, and every thing that was upon the fore-caftle: we
were, however, obliged to carry as much fail as the fhip
would hear, being, by Lord Anion s account, very near the
Bafhee Iilands, and, by Mr. Byron’s, not more than thirty
leagues, with a lee-fhore.
The next morning, we faw feveral ducks and fhags, fome Monday 26.
fmall land birds, and a great number of horfe-flies about the
fh ip ; but had no ground with 160 fathom. The inceflant
and heavy rain had kept every man on board conftantly wet
to the fkin for more than two days and two nights; the weather
was ftill very dark, and the fea was continually breaking
over the fhip.
On the 27th, the darknefs, rain, and tempeft continuing, Tuefday 27;
a mountainous fea that broke over us, ftaved all the halfports
to pieces on the ftarboard-fide, broke all the iron flan-
chions on the gunwale, wafhed the boat off the fkids, and
carried many things overboard. We had, however, this
day, a gleam of funfhine, fufficient to determine our lati-
V ol. I. O o tude,