>77Si on mean time 8", 8 each day ; and, on
OftobeT. , n r
v— « ' the laft o f thele days, was too flow for
mean time pf** 46" 43% 98. Hence the
time-keeper muil have been too flow,
on the 4th, the day after our arrival, by
-i3h 44” s6’, 62 ; and the longitude, by
Greenwich rate, w ill be 131 23" 53', 8 -
By Kin g George’s (or Nootka) Sound rate
I2h 56“ 4.0% 4
T h e 30th o f June, the time-keeper, by
the fame rate, gave
Thè error o f the time-keeper, at that
timè, was -
At this time, its error was
T h e error o f ,the time-keeper, between
our leaving Samganoodha, and our return
to it again, was
O n the 1 2th o f OftoBer, the variation f A. M . 20° 1.7' 2" .7
B y the mean o f ‘ three compailès, I P. M , 19° 4 1 ’ ? .]" J
Dip o f the needle \ I Dippi” g ^ i
Mean o f the dip o f the North end o f the needle 69° 23' ;
200° 58' 27"
194° 10' 6''
193° 12' o"
G° 18' o" Weft,
o* 39' 54" Eaft.
0° 57' 5 4 "
Mean 17° 5 ;/ i5 " E a f t ,
8° 4 5 ' ) Face t 69° 30'
90 5 5 'i W e ft 169° 1 7 '
C H A P . XII.
Departure fromOonalafka, andfuture Views.— The I f and
Amoghta.— Situation of a remarkable Rock.— The Strait,
between Oonalafka and Oonella repajfed.— Progrefs to
the South.— Melancholy Accident on board the Difco-
very.— Mowee, one of the Sandwich Ifands, difcovered.
— Intercourfe with the Natives.— Vifit from Terreeoboo,
— Another Ifand, called Owhyhee, difcovered.— The
Ships ply to Windward to get round it.— An Eclipfe o f
the Moon obferved. — The Crew refufe to drink Sugarcane
Beer. — Coradge deficient in Strength.— Commendation
of the Natives o f Owhyhee.— The Reflation gets
to Windward of the Ifand.— Her Progrefs down \ the
South Eafl Coafl.— Views o f the Country, and Vfits-
from the Natives.— The Difcovery joins.-—Slow Progrefs
Wefiward.— Karakahoa Bay examined by Mr.
Bligh.— V o f Concourfe o f the Natives.-— The Ships
anchor in the Bay.
IN the morning o f Monday the 26th, we put to fea from '77^
Samganoodha H a rbou r; and, as the wind was Southerly, , oa°ber- ,
flood awa y to the Weft ward. Monday z&.
My intention was now to proceed to Sandwich Mands,
there to fpend a few o f the winter months, in cafe we
ihould meet with the neceflary refrelhments, and then 10
direcä our courfe to Kamtfcliatka, fa as to endeavour ¡to ibe
there