Manilla lliip is obliged to make, or elfe have returned to the
coaft o f America, thorou ghly refitted, after an abfence o f
two month?. How happy would Lord A nfon h ave been, and
w hat hardihips wou ld he have avoided, i f he had known
that there was a group o f iilands, h a lf w a y between Am e rica
and Tinian , where a ll his wants could have been
e ffectually fu p p lied ; and in defcribing w hich, the elegant
hiftorian o f that vo yage , wou ld have prefented his reader
w ith a more agreeable picture, than I have been able to draw
in this chapter f 9
C H A P . X I I I .
Qhjervations made at the Sandwich IJlands, on the Longitude,
Variation o f the Compafs, and Tides.— Profecu—
tion o f the Voyage.— Remarks on. the Mildnefs o f the
Weather, as fa r as the Latitude. 44° North.— Paucity
o f Sea Birds, in the Northern Hemtfphere.— Small Sea
Animals deforihed.— A rrival on the Coafl o f America.
— Appearance o f the Country.— Unfavourable Winds,-
and boifterous Weather. — Remarks on Martin de A gu i- ~
la rs River, and f uan de Fucds pretended Strait.----
A n Inlet difcovered, where the Ships anchor.— Behaviour
o f the Natives
AF T E R the Difcovery had joined us, w e flood awa y to 177sthe
Northward, clofe hauled, with a gentle ga le from- j
the Eaft; and nothing occurring, in this fituation, worthy Monday 2*
o f a place in m y narrative, th e reader will, permit me to
ihfert here the. nautical obfervations which I had opportunities
o f m akin g, relative to the. iilands. w.e. had le f t ; and
w hich we had been fortunate enough to.add to the.geogra-
phy o f this part o f the Pacific O cean.
T h e longitude o f the Sandwich Iilands, was-determined
by. feventy-two fets o f lunar obfervations ; fome o f w hich .
were made while w e were at anchor, in the road o f
W,ymoa; others, before we arrived, and after we le ft i t ,,
and reduced to . it, b y the watch, or time-keeper.. B y the
meani