*794* from the nord|-weftw^rd-. Wlftlft the ..light v^i^ds .continued,,, j were
c— -i greatly inppmmoded by a. very heavy_ fwell from the, loyth-eaftward,
which made the, Ihip extremely uneaCy; this had now in a great meafure
fubfided; but the,weather though perfectly clear was,,ftill,very,hot and.
fultry, the thermometer bight and day varying from 8; to 83, Had it
not been for our anxious folicitude to get forward, and the exceflive heat
of the weather, our fituation would have been by no means unpleafant;
the ocean was tranquil, and abounded with a great variety o f ftfh; its
furface as it were, was covered with turtles, and.the numerous fea fowls
hovering over, and diying. for their prey, prcfented fuch an animated
fcene,, as,the ocean, unafiilled by intervening land, pr other obieCts, is-
feldom, I believe, found to exhibit. We were here at no Iofs to provide
a repaft for this our fourth Chriftmas. day fince we had quitted the civilized
world; and, with the addition o f the frelh beef,, mutton, and poultry
we had brought from Monterrey, the officers tables., presented
fuch an appearance o f luxury as is not . frequently .leen in, fuch. dif-
tant regions of the ocean. In addition to our frefh proyifions, and
what the-, fea afforded, the people were ferved. fuch an' extra allowance
of .grog as wss fufficient for-the celebration, of -the day, and t'p call
to their recolleftipn their friends and favorites at lipme; on which, occa-
fion, though perhaps .the circumftance may appear too trivial here to be
noticed, yet as the fentiment arofe fpontaneoufly from thy gratitude of
the crew, I am induced to mention i t ; the, memory of Sen'!; Quadra, and
the health of Tamaahmaah were not forgotten.
The fame light baffling winds continued to impede our progrefs, which
was tardy and irkfome beyond all defeription,; ip addition,to which, feme
of.our water calks were found to have.leaked out; this, very contrary
to my wilh.es, obliged me to reftrain the, allowance of water tp three quarts
WedncT. 31. a.man per day. So. very flowly did we proceed,, that.b.y. the g ift at noon
w,e had only reached, the latitude, of 13° 50', longitude 259° 5' 30"; the
latter, was deduced from 116 lets of lunar diftances, as follow, with the
fun and aldebaran on different fides of the moon between the 27th and
31ft of december. Thofe taken on the 27th, and brought forward by
Arnold’s No. 14, gave the following refults.
The
mean of 6 lets ! D a o weft of her. by^Mr. Whidbey, 259° 3S '5°"
Ditto A ditto Mr. Baker, 259 32 .45
Ditto 6 ditto Mr. Manby, 2 59 .52 '45
Ditto 6 ditto Mr. Orchard, 259 5° 27
Ditto 6 ditto, taken on 29th, by Mr. Whidbey, 259 45 40.
Ditto 6 . 'ditto Mr. Baker, 259 37 3d
Ditto 6 ’ ditto Mr. Manby, 259 55 22
Ditto 6 ditto , ' Mr. Orchard, 259 56 35
Ditto 6 B ab aldebaran eaft of her, Mr. Whidbey, 259 2
Ditto 6 ditto ! Mr. Baker, ’2,60 14 17
Ditto 4 ditto Mr! “Manby, âëo 8 1 0
Ditto 6 ditto "Mr! Orchard, 259 55 38
Ditto "6 5 a ©weft of her, taken 31 ft, Mr.’ Whidbey, ‘ f 59 46 5°
Ditto 6 ditto. Mr. Baker, • ' 259 41 47
Ditto 6 ditto Mr. Manby, 259 47 43
Ditto 6 ditto Mr. Orchard, 259 47 2
Ditto 4 2> ab aldebaran eaft of her, Mr. Whidbey, 259 52 4
Ditto 6 ditto Mr. Baker, 259 58 io
Ditto 6 S ab aldebaran eaft of her, Mr. Manby, 259 55 7
Ditto 6 ditto Mr. Orchard, 260 1 52
Ditto 3 ditto Myfelf, 259 58 25
Ditto ditto 28 Mr. Baker,
D ;tt0 ditto 28 Mr. Manby,
Ditto ditto 29 Mr. Orchard,
Ditto of the whole, colleftively taken, being the refult
of 116 fets of lunar diftances, fhewed the longitude,
259 47 5
259 48 55
259 55 51
259 54 19
at noon on the 31ft of december, 1794
At which time Arnolds No. 14 fhewed
176 * -
Kendall’s
And by the dead reckoning -
Z z 2
to be 259 5 1 45
260 6 30
260. 53 36
260 46 45
260
Hence