l l l l l r y . At day-break on the 8th, w e found, that the currents .
iridly 8."J duripg the night, which w e fp en tin p lying, had carried us
back confiderably to windward ; fo that we were now o ff the
South Weft point o f the ifland. There we brought to, im
order to give the natives an opportunity p i trading with us.
At noon, our obferved latitude was 19° 1', and our longitude,
b y the time-keeper, w a s 203° 1 3 '; the South Weft
point o f the ifland bearing North, 30° E a ft; two miles
diftant.
Saturday 9. We fpent the night as ufual, ftanding o ff and on. It hap-
pened, that four men and ten women who had come on
board the preceding day, ftill remained with us. As I did
not hke the company o f the latter, I flood in ihore toward
noon, principally with a view to g e t them out o f the ihip •
and fome canoes com ing oliU L «pporttmiiy o f
fendingaway_aur-g««fts-.—
w e had ligh t airs from North Weft and South Weft and
Sunday 10. calms, till eleven in the morning o f the 10th, when the wind
frefliened at Weft North Weft, which, with a ftrong current
fetting to the South Eaft, fo much retarded us, that, in the
evening, between feven and eight o’clock, the South point
o f the ifland bore North, t o - Weft, four leagues diftant
The South fnowy h ill now bore.North, 14° Eaft.
Monday n. ■ At four in the morning o f the n th , the wind h a vin g
fixed at Weft, I flood in for the land, in order to ge t fome
refrefhments. As we drew near the ihore, the natives began
to come off. We la y to, or flood on and off, trading
w ith them all the d a y ; but got a very fcanty fupply at laft.
Many canoes vifited us, whofe people had not a Angle
thing to b a rter; which convinced us, that this part o f the
muft be very poor, and that we had already got all
\ that
that they could fpare. We fpent the 12th, p lying o ff and [ 7? 9-
on, with a freih gale at Weft. A mile from the ihore, and ■ Jan“ary' •
to the North Eaft o f the South point o f the ifland, having TucHsy ,2'
tried foundings, we found ground at fifty-five fathoms
d ep th ; the bottom a fine fand. At five in the evening, we
flood to the South Weft, with the wind at Weft North Weft;
and foon after midnight we had a calm.
At eight o’ clock next morning, having got a fmall breeze W e d n e f. 13 .
a t South South Eaft, we fleered to the North North Weft, in
fo r the land. Soon after, a few canoes came along-fide with
fome hogs, but without any vegetables, which articles we
moft wanted. We had now made fome progrefs; for at
noon the South point o f the ifland bore South, 864* Eaft ; the
South Weft point North, 13" Weft; the neareft ihore two
leagues di f tant ; latitude, b y obfervation, 18* 56', and our
longitude, b y the time-keeper, 203“ 40'. We had got the
len g th o f the South Weft point o f the ifland in the evening;
but the wind now veering to the Weftward and Northward*,
d u r in g the night we loft all that we had gained. Next
morning, being ftill off the South Weft point o f the ifland, T h u rfd a y ,* .
fome canoes came off; but they brought nothing that we
were in want of. We had now neither fruit nor roots, and
were under a neceflity o f makin g ufe o f fome o f our fea-
provifions. At length, fome canoes from the Northward
brought us a fmall fupply o f hogs and roots.
We had variable light airs next to a calm, the following F r id a y 1 5 .
day, till five in the afternoon, w hen a fmall breeze at Eaft North
Ea ftfpringing up, We were at laft enabled to fleer along ihore
to the Northward. The weather being fine, we had plenty o f
company this day, and abundance o f e v e ry thing. Many o f
o f our viliters remained with us on board all night, and we
towed their canoes aftern.