;
w h e n f in d in g that f could make nQ fe,on his
S o,th W gf l n° l ? lkC 3 harb° Ur’ Itacked. - d flood off
Eaft b v T \ V -tirae’ Cape F° ulweathcr ho™ North
fh e w i a e ‘S k a gU eS d iftan t- T ow a rd noon,
the wind veered more to the Weilward, and the weather
lu n ameh ? lr ^ f° that WC were enabled to make
made a11 thofe 'M , w e had
the t L T ^ ° f la f t m0mh t0 the P - fe n to n e s , by -
the time-keeper, amounting, in the whole, to feventy-two
26" F ft“ " t ,' determined tbe longitude to be
? S P 26 Eaft’ . whlch was f | m lefs than what the
Z t T ST ' ^ l0ngimde is made ufe o f fo r fettling
that o f the co a ft; and I have not a doubt o f its being with
in a ve ry few miles o f the truth.
t h ? w i n ? 0“ 11163 DT bCgan t0 increafe- In the evening,
had : V ame t0, T N° rth Weft> bIowinS in nails with
ail and fleet; and the weather being thick and ha zy, I flood
o u t to fea till near noon the next day, when I tacked and M ,
flood in again fo r the land, which made its appearance at
two in the afternoon, bearing Eaft North Eaft. T he wind
and weather continued the fam e ; but, in the evening, the
former veered more to the Weft, and the latter g r ew worfe ■
w hich made it neceffary to tack and Hand o ff till four the’
next morning, when I ventured to Hand in again.
At four in the afternoon, we faw the land, which, at fix I „
extended from North Eaft half'Eaft, to South Eaft by South,’
about eight leagues diftant. In this fituation, we tacked and
foun ded; but a line o f a hundred and fixty fathoms did not
reac t the ground. I flood o ff till midnight, then flood in wed„ef. „ .
f T K ’ at Paft i,X’ We were within three leagues
of the land, which extended from North bv Eaft half Eaft
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