462
1795- great abundance. All goods imported are landed on a foft Tandy bank
'— -v--- 1 lying before the cuftom-hóufe, and from thence carried into the warehoufés,
or removed to diftant parts of the country on the backs of mules ;
by which conveyance the articles for exportation are in like manner
brought down to the Ihore. Moft kinds of vegetables, and a great variety
of fruits, as well thofe of the northern parts of Europe, as thofe
common in the tropical countries, were here procured in great plenty,
were all excellent of their kinds, and were very cheap : the water was
extremely good, though the mode of obtaining it was fomewhat tedious,
as we were obliged to fill our calks from pipes of a fmall bore, through
which it was conduced from the refervoir in the market-place down to
the water-fide. Although there was no perceptible current in the bay,
the rife and fall of the tide was evidently about three feet.
A s t r o n omi c a l and N a u t i c a l O b s e r v a t i o n s .
On the 27th óf march, 1795; ‘Kendall’s chronometer, according
to the laft rate, fhewed thé longitude to be - 287° 46' 50"
Arnold’s No. 14, - - - - - - 287 53 35
Ditto 176, - - - - - - '2 8 6 3 0 5 0
The true longitude, as afcertained at the obfervatory, by
go fets of lunar diftancés, was - - - - 288 2852
By which it appears, that Kendall’s chronometer was
42'2"; Arnold’s No. 14, 35' 17"; and Arnold’s No. 176,
i°g8' 2" to the weftward of true longitude.
By equal altitudes, taken on the 26th of april, 1795,
Kendall’s chronometer was found to be fall of mean
time at Greenwich, on that day at noon, - 101159' 23" 15"'
And to be gaining on mean time, per day, at the rate of 29 34
Arnold’s No. 14, fall of meantime, at Greenwich, ditto, 6 15 10 15
And to be gaining on mean time, per day, at the rate of 25 10
Arnold’s No. 176, fall of mean time at Greenwich, dittOj 13 28 33 15
And to be gaining on mean time, per day, at the rate of 58 57
The
The latitude of the obfervatory, by twelve meridional
altitudes of the fun, was found to be 330 1' 30"
The variation, by two different compaffes, and
by fix fets of obfervations on each, - 14 49 eaflwardly
The vertical inclination of the magnetic needle
Marked end, North face Eaft, - - 440 57'
Ditto, ditto Weft, - - 44 40
Ditto, South face Eaft, - - 43 45
Ditto, ditto Weft, - - 43 40
Mean inclination of the marine dipping needle, - 44 15-
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