1794* June. by fubfequent obfervations to be 2130 22', No. 14 "was on the 16th of
4s* 13' 47"
23
g 26 46 ■
5 1 4°
8 41 41
- 1 : 26 50
So° iff
june, found to be fall of meantime at Greenwich,
And to be gaining on mean time per-day, at the rate of
No. 176 was faft of mean time at Greenwich,
And to be gaining on mean time per day, at the rate of,
Kendall’s was faft o f mean time at Greenwich,
And gaining On mean time per day, at the rate of,
The latitude of port Chalmers was found to be
The variation by four compares, and thirty fets of obfervations
; differing from 26° 50', to 30“ 9'; fhewed the
mean refult, to be - - - : - 28 30 eafterly.
The vertical inclination of the magnetic -needle,
Marked end, North Face Eaft, - 77° 3° '
Ditto ditto Weft, - - - 77 55°
Ditto South Face Eaft, - • - •> - 7®
Ditto Ditto Weft, - :i- - 77
The mean incl ination of the marine dipping needle, 77 -8|-
At port Chalmers a confiderable difference had been obferved between
the night and day tides; the former during the fprings rofe thirteen feet,
four inches whereas the. latter did not rife more than twelve feet one inch;
and it was alfo found to be high water about an hour after the modn had
palled the meridian.
CH A PTER
C H A P T E R VII.
Quit -prince William's found,— Geographical and other obfervations refpeEl-
ing the adjacent country-and its inhabitants— Proceed in the examination
•of the exterior coaJl— Pafs -port Mulgrave— Intelligence received o f the
furvey having been completed to that jlation by the Chatham— Arrive in
Crofs found— Joined by the Chatham there.
X H AD fully intended laying the Difeovery on Ihore in this harbour, jJ**’
for the purpofe of examining, and i f neceffary, o f repairing her bottom; 1---- -— J
but the rife and fall of the tide was too inconfiderable for that purpofe,
without very materially lightening the (hip; an operation that would have
taken up more-time than could eonvenientlylbe ("pared; and, without much
labour in clearing a place in the woods, a lituation could not be procured
fit for the reception of fuch articles, as it would have been neceffary to
have landed: in addition to thefe circumftances, the intemperate weather
on our firft arrival greatly militated againft fuch operations; and this being
fucceeded by the neap tides, induced me wholly to give up the de-
fign, which I now began to confider more as a matter of curiofity, than
as an objeft of real necelfity.
The wind blowing a moderate breeze right into the harbour from the Monday 16.
s. w. attempts were made to warp out againft it to the entrance, where
this wind would have been favorable to our purfuit; but our ropes for
this fervice were too much worn to fuftain the weight of the Ihip, and they
broke on our firft trial. The s. w. wind continuing, detained us until
three in the morning of the 17th, when, on a calm fucceeding, the Ihip Tuefday 17,
was towed to the entrance of the port.; where about feven o’clock we
were