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September.
Friday 25.
C A P T A I N C A R T E R E T ’S V O Y A G E
Latitude.
Longitude Jfrom Queen.
Charlotte’s Fore-land. "Variation.
40's. 8° 36'W. ’/ 40 40'E.
Upon the line. 9 40 w . 4 17 E.
30'N. 10 30 W. 3 10 E.
2° N. i i 40 w . 2 30 E.
2° 50'N. 12 IO W. . 2 È.
Monday 28. On the 28th, being in latitude 2° 53' N., longitude 136°
10' E. we fell in w ith a very dangerous Ihoal, which is about
eleven or twelve miles in circuit, and furrounded with
fmall ftones that juft Ihew themfelves above water. We
found here a ftrong northerly current, but could not determine
whether it inclined to the eaft or weft.
In the evening, we difeovered from the maft-head another
iftand to the fouthward o f us : the eaft end o f it feemed to
rife in a peak, and had the appearance o f a fail, but we did
not go near enough to fee any thing of it from the deck. I
fuppofe its latitude to be about s° 50' N., and its longitude,
eaft of London, about 136» 10'E.
October. We continued to have a current to the northward, till
Monday 5. Monday the 5th of Odtober, when, being in latitude 40 30' N.
I found it foutherly, and very ftrong. I had, among other
deficiencies and misfortunes, no fmall boat on board, fo
that I could not try thefe currents, which I had a great defire
to do ; but I am o f opinion, that when the current fet fouthward
it inclined to the eaft, and that when it fet northward
it inclined to the weft.
Monday 12. On Monday the 12th, we difeovered a fmall iftand with
trees upon it, though fcarcely bigger than a rock, and
Current I called it C u r r e n t I s l a n d . It lies in latitude 40 40' N.,
Wand. longitude 140 24'W. o f Queen Charlotte’s Foreland. The
next day, we difeovered two other fmall iflands, which
I called
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I called S a i n t A n d r e w ’ s I s l a n d s : they lie in latitude «767 -
50 18' N., longitude 140 .47' W. of Queen Charlotte’s Fore- t
land. I called the fmall iftand Current iftand, becaufe we cjjpjS?)f*
had here a foutherly current fo ftrong that it fet us from
twenty-four to thirty miles fouthward every day, befides the
difference it might make in our longitude. The wind was
now variable, blowing by turns from every point in the
compafs, with much rain, and hard fqualls. OnTuefday Tuefdayz®,
the 20th, being in latitude 8° N. it blew with fuch violence
that we were obliged to lie to fixty-four hours. This gale,
which made a very great fea, I fuppofed to be the fhifting
o f the monfoon, and notwithstanding the foutherly current,
it drove us, while we lay to, as far as nine degrees northward.
CHAP. VIII.
Some Account of the Coajl of Mindanao, and the Ifands
near it, in which feveral Miflakes of Dampier are
correEied.
ON the 26th, we difeovered landagain, but not being able Monday 26.
to make an obfervation, we could afeertain our latitude
and longitude only by our dead reckoning; the next day, how- Tuefday 27.
ever, was more favourable, and I then found the efledt of
the current had been fo great, that I was obliged to add to
the log S. W. by S. no lefs than 64 miles for the laft two
days. We now knew that the land we had feen was the
north eaft part of the iftand o f Mindanao: as I had many lick
people on board, and was in the moft preffing need of re-
8 frefhments,