1767.. We continued our cdurfe, often foundiii&, but Sliding no
November. On the 7th, \Ve pafled th'rdugh feveral ripplings of a
Saturday 7. and faw great quantities of drift-wood, cocoa-nut
leaves, things like cones of firs, and weed, whieh fwam in a
ftream N. E. andS. W. We had now foundings at fixty-five
fathom, with brown fand, fmall Ihells, and Rories; and at
noon, found the fhip again to the northward o f her reckoning
ten miles, and had decreafed our foundings to twenty-
eight fathom, with the fame ground. Our latitude was
gv 36' N. longitude 25-3° W. At two o’clock, we faw the
ifland of Condore, from the maft-head, bearing W. 4 N. At
four, we had ground with twenty fathom; the ifland bearing
from W. to N. W. by W. diflant about thirteen leagues,
and having the appearance o f high hummocks. The latitude
o f this' ifland is 80 40' N. ; longitude, by our reckoning,
254° 15'.
Sunday s. We now altered our courfe; and the next morning, I took:
from the petty officers and Teamen, all the lo g and journal,
books relative to the voyage,
Tuefday 10. On the ioth, being in latitude 3" 20' N. longitude 255° W.
we found a current fetting four fathom an hour S. by W .,
and during our courfe to the iflands Timoun, Aros, and Pe-
fang, which we faw about fix in the afternoon o f the 13th,
Friday 13, wewere every day from ten to twenty miles fouthward o f
our reckoning.
Monday 16. On the 16th, at ten in the morning, w e crofTed the line
again into South latitude, in longitude 255° ; and foon after
we faw two iflands,. one bearing S. by E, dillant five leagues,
the other S. by W. diflant feven leagues.
Tuefday 17. The next morning, the weather became very dark and
tempefluous, with heavy rain; we therefore clewed all up,
and
and lay by till we'could fee about us. The two iflands
piroved td be Pulo Tote, arid Tuio A^efiej' and having made .---- .---- -
fail till ohe o’clock, we faw the Seven Iflands'. L We continued
our courfe till two the next morning, the weather Wednef- ,s-
being very dark, with heavy fqtialls of, wind, and much
lightning and rain. While one of thefe blafis' was blowing
with all its violence, and the darknefs was fo thick that we
could not fee from one part of the fhip to the other, we fud-
denly difeovered, by a flafh of lightning, a large veffel clofe
a-board of us. The fteerfman inftantly put the helm a-lee,
and the fhip anfwering her rudder, we, juft cleared each
other. This was the firft fhip we had feen fince we parted
with the Swallow ; and it blew fo hard, that not being able to-
underftand any thing that was faid, we could not learn u>
what nation fhe belonged.
At fix, the weather having cleared up, we faw a fail at anchor
in the E. S. E . ; and at noon, we faw land in the W. N. W„
which proved to be Pulo Taya, Pulo Tote bearing S. 35° E.
Pulo Welle S. 130 E. At fix in the evening, we anchored in
fifteen fathom, with fandy ground; and obferved a cut rent
running E. N. E. at the rate of five fathom an hour.
At fix in the morning, we weighed and made fail, and T h a r fiw
foon after faw two vefiels a-head ; but at fix in the evening,
finding that we loft much ground, we came again to an anchor
in fifteen fathom, with a fine fandy bottom.
At fix o’clock the next morning, the current being flack, Friday
we hove fhort on the fmall bower, which foon after parted
at a third from the clench. We immediately took in the
cable, and perceived that, although we had founded with great
care before we anchored, and found the bottom clear, it had
been cut through by the rocks. After fome time, the current
S