Sunday 11.
when at 6b 34" 12’, by Mr. Kendal’s watch, the moon rofe
about four digits eclipfed; and foon after we prepared to
obferve the end of the eclipfe, as follows, viz.
By me at -
h.6
m.
53
S.
51
By Mr. Forfter - 6 55 23
By Mr. Wales 6 54 57 1
By Mr. Pickerfgill 6 55 30 I
By Mr. Gilbert - 6 S3 24 1
By Mr. Hervey - 6 S5 34 ‘
Mean -
6 54 4
Watch flow of p
apparent time }
O 3 59
Apparent time 6 58 4Si
Ditto 7 25 O
Dif. of longitude O 26 144
at Greenwich.
The longitude obferved by Mr. Wales was
By the j and u Aquilæ 50 51
By the n and Aldebaran 6 35
By Mr. Kendal’s watch
m 35 )
Mean
33 30
6 13
6° 9
Monday u . The next morning, having but little wind, we hoifted a
boat out, to try if there was any current; but found none.
Friday 16. From this time to the 16th, we had the wind between the
North and Eaft, a gentle gale. We had for fome timeceafed
to fee any of the birds before mentioned; and were now accompanied
by albatrofles, pintadoes, flieerwaters, &c. and a
fmall grey peterel, lefs than a pigeon. It has a whitifh belly,
and grey back, with a black ftroke acrofs from the tip of one
wing to the tip of the other. Thefe birds fometimes vifited
us in great flights. They are, as well as the pintadoes,
Southern birds; and are, I believe, never feen within the
tropics, or North of the Line.
On
On the 17 th, we faw a fail to the N. W., Handing to the m 2- ' Oftober..
Eaftward, which hoifted Dutch colours. She kept us com- t— .— j
pany for two days, but the third we out-failed her.
On the 21 ft, at 7” 30" 20' A. M. our longitude, by the mean wednef. n.
of two obferved diftances of the fun and moon, was 8° 4' 30"
Eaft; Mr. Kendal’s watch at the fame time gave 70 22'. Our
latitude was 330 zo' South. The wind was now Eafterly,
and continued fo till the 23d, when it veered to N. and Friday *3*
N. W. after fome hours calm; in which we put a boat in
the water, and Mr. Forfter fhot fome albatrofles and other
birds, on which we feafted the next day, and found them
exceedingly good, At the fame time we faw a feal, or, as
fome thought, a fea lion ; which probably might be an inhabitant
of one of the iflands of Triftian de Cunha, being
now nearly in their latitude, and about 5° Eaft of them.
The wind continued but two days at N. W. and S. W.; then
veered to the S. E., where it remained two days longer;
then fixed at N. W., which carried us to our intended port.
As we approached the land, the fea-fowl, which had accompanied
us hitherto, began to leave us ; at leaft they did not
come in fuch numbers. Nor did we fee gannets, or the
black bird, commonly called the Cape Hen, till we were
nearly within fight of the Cape. Nor did we ftrike foundings
till Penguin ifland bore N. N. E. diftant two or three
leagues j where we had fifty fathom water. Not but that the
foundings may extend farther off. However, I am very
fure that they do not extend very far Weft from the Cape.
For we could not find ground with a line of 210 fathoms,
25 leagues Weft of Table Bay; the fame at 35 leagues, and'
at 64 leagues. I founded thefe three times, in order to find
a bank,