1767- tude, which we found to be 20° 50' N. and the flap appeared
■ , to fifty minutes North o f her reckoning.
The weather now became more moderate. At noon, on
Wednef. 28. the 38th, we altered our courfe, fleering S. by W .; and at
h a lf an hour after one, we faw the Bafhee Iflands bearing
from S. by E. to S. S. E. diftant about fix leagues. Thefe
iflands are all high, but the northermoft is higher than the
reft. By an obfervation made this day, we found Grafton
Ifland to lie in the longitude o f 339° W. and in latitude o f
21° 4' N. At midnight, the weather being very dark, with
fudden gufts o f wind, we miffed Edmund Morgan, a marine
taylor, whom we fuppofed to have fallen overboard, having
reafon to fear that he had drunk more than his allowance.
Tuelday161* From this time, to the 3d of November, we found the fhip
every day from ten to fifteen miles North o f her reckoning.
The day before we had feen feveral gannets; but upon
founding many times during the day and the next night, we
had no ground with 160 fathom. This morning, at feven
o’clock, we faw a ledge o f breakers bearing S. W. at the
diftance of about three miles § we hauled off from them,
and at eleven faw more breakers bearing S. W. by S. diftant
about five miles. At noon, we hauled off the eaft end of
them, from which we were not diftant more than a quarter
o f a mile.
The firft Ihoal lies in latitude n ° 8' N .; longitude, from
Bafliee Iflands, 8° WThe
fecond Ihoal lies inlatitude 10° 46'N.; longitude of the
N. E. end, from Bafliee Iflands, 8° 13' W.
We faw much foul ground ro the S. and S. S. E. but had no
bottom with 130 fathom. Before one, however, we faw
Ihoal water on the larboard bow, and Handing from it, pafied
another
another ledge at two. At three, we faw a low fandy point,
which I called San d y I sle, bearing N. -i E. diftant about two 1---- v---- '
miles. At five, we faw a fmall ifland, which I called Small j
K e y , bearing N. by E. diftant about five miles; and foon Smal1 d r after,
another larger, which I called L ong I s land, beyond it. Long ifland.
At fix in the evening, the largeft ifland being diftant between
two and three leagues, we brought to, and flood off and on
from mid-night till break o f day, continually founding, but
having no ground.
At feven in the morning, o f Wednefday the 4th, we faw Wednef. 4.
another iflan d ,w h ich lc a lledN E w I sLAN D ,h e a r in g s .E. by E. New ifland.
and a large reef o f rocks bearing S. i W. diftant fix miles.
At ten, we faw breakers from W. S. W. to W. by N. At noon,
the North end o f the great reef bore S. E. by E. diftant two
leagues, and another reef bore W. N. W. at about the fame
diftance.
The latitudes and longitudes o f thefe iflands and Ihoals,
appear by the following table:
Lat. N. Long. W .
Sandy Ifle - - - I o° 40" 2470 12*
Small Key - - 10 37 247 16
LongIfland - 10 20 247 34
New Ifland - - 10 10 247 40
Firft Shoal - - 10 14 247 36
Second Shoal - > 10 4 247 4S
Third Shoal - - 10 5 247 5°
Soon after we faw another reef iii latitude io° 137, longitude
248°.
The next day, we found the fhip, which had for fome time Thurfday 3.
been to the northward o f her reckoning, eight miles to the
fouthward.
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