Sunday 22.
Wednef. 25.
Sunday 29.
T uefday 31.
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January. .
Friday 3.
Monday 6.
Tuefday 7.
the other lying fouth, two miles from its fouth point, which is fituated
in latitude 28’ 54', longitude 241° 38'. The wind at N. w. continued to
blow a pleafant gale with fair weather until midnight; but at this time it
veered round, and fettled in the nórth-caft trade. Our diftance was now
about 75 leagues from the coaft, and it is probable the north-weft winds
do not extend far beyond that limit, as the wind that fucceeded continued
without calms, or other interruptions, between the N. E. and E. N. E.,
blowing a fteady, gentle, and pleafant-gale.
On the 22d, "in*latitude 23° 23', longitude 234°37', the variation of
the com pafs was 70 eallwardly; here we had thirty hours calm, after
which we had a gentle breeze from the N. E.; this as we proceeded was
attended firft by cloudy, and gloomy, weather, .and afterwards with rain,
and fudden gulls or flumes of wind. On the 25th, a tropic bird was
feen, and a common gull that appeared to be much fatigued, and inclined
to alight on board’.
This very -unpleafarrt weather, "fifnilar to'that which we had experienced
in this neighbourhood about the conclufion of laft january, ftill
continued; and on the 29th, j.inj latitude ,19'’ 1', longitude 231° 58', the
wind, after veering to the s. e., became light,, and, like, the weather, was
'very'ühfèltïé'd. W é ’ v-ere now puffing thefpot affigned to thè.los Majos
ines?''ht-ffle' diftaAd&-dr 'a;few^miies Only to the fouthyrard of our former
track';1 4>üt':Sve';percëiVed no öhè cifcumftahce that indicated the vicinity
of land. _____ ________
On the 31ft, the wind feemed to be fixed in the northern quarter, but
the atmofphèiie was'ftill very, unplêafantj and.the gloomy weather was
now accompaniedhy much rain. On: the g d ó f january, in latitude 18*
34', longitude wtgVgs’, a very heavy dwell rolled from theN. w.., and
the wind jn. that, direflibn was light, , with alternate calms; attended by
foggy Or dark hazy weather until the 6th, when in latitude 19° 19'; longitude
208“ 48', we had a few hours of fair and pleafant weather;' this was
again fucceeded by the fame gloomy atmofphere that we had: experienced
during the greater part o f this, palfage, and the wind continued to be
very variable, between! the, n, w . and a. s. w. In-the afternoon of the
following day the weather was more favorable, and the wind from the
. northward
northward fettled in the N. e ; to this we fpread all our canvafs in the
expeftatibh, of feeing the ifland of Owhyhee at day-light the next mom- ■— v---1
ing.; The. wind however ftackened during the night, and the weather
being dark and gloomy, it was not until about nine o’clock in the fore- Wcdnrf. 9.
noon that Mowna-kaah was difeovered fhewing his hoary nead above the
clouds, bearing by compafs w . * s. ; but the haze and mill with which
the diftrifl of Aheedo was ihveloped, prevented our difcermng the Ihores.
The obferved lâtîtùde.at noon was 19° 52'; at this time the eaft’ end of
Owhyhee bore by compafs s.'52 w ., at the diftance of 10 leagues, by
which it appeared, that Arnold’s chronometer, No. 14, had erred in longitude
fince our departure from the coaft of New Albion 27' ; his No.
176, 21' ; Kendall’s, 52'; and the dead reckoning 3' 40' ; all being to the
eaftward of the truth. This'error has however been correfled, in aflign-
ing the feveral fituations during this palfage.
We. Hood for the land until fun-fet, when, being within 2 leagues of:
the Ihore, we employed the night in preferving our-ftation off that part’
of the coaft, where we expefted to find the harbour or bay of Whyeatea;:
in quéft of which I difpatched Mr. Whidbey in the' cutter the next
morning, attended by, a boat from the Chatham, and another from the.TM.y9.
Dædalus, all well armed. The appearance of the Ihore? did not feem
much in favor of our finding a more eligible fituation here than at Ka-i
rakakooa, for accomplilhing our feveral purpofes ; notwithftandmg the
reprefentation that had been made to us of its being very commodious. ,
The boats had fcarcely departed when fome of the natives came off
in their canoes, but owing to a very heavy fwell from the northward,,
they could bring us but few refrelhments. As foon as they underftood
who we were, they told us that Tamaahmaah, with feveral of the principal
chiefs, were then on Ihore waiting in expectation of our arrival;:
and then immediately made the bell of their way towards the Ihore,:pro-,
claiming our return to their country with fhouts, apparently, of great joy
and gladnefs. . ’ ’ 1 r "■
About ten in the forenoon we were honored with the preiençe ;oi:
the king, with his ufual confidence and cheerful difpofition.; It Afas
impoffible to miftake the happinefs he exprelfed on feeing us again,,
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