C H A P . XI.
Sequel o f the Pafage from New Caledonia to New Zealand’,
with an account of the Difcovery of Norfolk I f and; and
the Incidents that happened while the Ship lay in ^ueen
Charlotte's Sound.
*774. r I ' H E wind continuing at S. W., W. S. W., and Weft,
«Oaober‘ , JL blowing a frefli gale, and now and then fqualls, with
Ttarfday 6. fhowers of rain, we fleered to S. S. E., without meeting with
any remarkable occurrence till near noon on the 6th, when it
fell calm. At this time we were in the latitude of 270 50' S., longitude
i7i°43' Eaft. The calm continued till noon the next day,
during which time we obferved the variation to be io° 33' f
Eaft. I now ordered the carpenters to work to caulk the decks.
As we had neither pitch, tar, nor rofin, left to pay the
feams, this was done with varnifh of pine, and afterwards
covered with coral fand, which made a cement far exceeding
my expectation. In the afternoon, we had a boat in the
water, and fhot two albatrofles, which were geefe to us. We
had feen one of this kind o f birds the day before, which
was thé firft we obferved fince we had been within the
Friday 7. tropic. On the 7th, at one P. M. a breeze fprung up at South j
foon after it veered to, and fixed at S. E. by S., and blew a
gentle gale, attended with pleafant weather.
Saturday 8. We ftretched to W. S. W., and next day at noon were
in the latitude of 28° 25', longitude 170° 26' Eaft. In the
evening,.