book from Forçaöfa,three,orfoyrJpagu,es., I t;was cultivated
—1 and' inhabitée}, as yrg faw many houfes:. we alfo odder red
May. cattle feeding on feveral parts. By our run fince noon,
I make its latitude 21^N.. ; and it: bears.from;the
land fet at noon, near Fort Zealand, 18° W. and
S.a8° E, I
At funfet we had no foundings ; and the.extremes
of Fprniöfa bore from N.’ 16° W. to S. â09jÆ.v;eJBè
ifland nf Larnay, N. 10,° W. ’tojN. 7°'E .,'offfhore;fonr
ox Five;leagues. This night was .;veiy,light ; airs and
calms ; and we had no bottom with 120 fathoms; of
line, T At day-light Formofa. extended from N. 30° W.
to S. 70° E., five or. fix,leagues, diftant..- Wedfoered
more to thg eafttyard, for,tile foutfopoi.nt ofiFormofa,
without gaining .any foundings ;. . aûd at $1 h.v3Qm.i we
faw tfie Velel ilete Rocks: frorndthp m&ft-head. By
noon we îyeru; between them and th.AToi|ith% part of
Formofa, with fine clear weather, and a'gëime breè'ze
from the wrefoward. A . good 'obfetvatiön imadeiAhe
latitude lip 50’ N. : the Rocks lóf the Yele ;;Rete
bearing ;S'. 34°'E-* bight miles fouïh-e^ópoinfc&df
- Formolà, N. 63° E. fouth-weft .point," N. 35°_.W. ;
and we had no bottom : with »75 fathoms. •. Thefe:.two
points bear from each other-S.; 85° E. and 1SL 83® ;W.
11V The fhore between them, is .low* with ' fapdy
beaches ;
^ e ^ h e s ;h a 0 d ia tih n ^ n |J^ i^ ilÈ e i9 » fcatterèd fonde chap.
high blacS' ro.Chsy • rflfoe landirofo .gradually from the
4$a, preferring aderUtahpjpearanëe, 'intérfperfed with ‘May.’
(fome îpck^l^jnjtjenoCs;:i:one>of, them very remarkable,
in tfie fhype oif-a friw’s- hobd.-;• jYele-,Rete Rocks bead
dut} foodi t-hev/outh-eaft .point,
ll.YtndpJ •;?, andloftcsm' dfetjfouthr^eft,Ipoiah
34? fWï and* Sfo 34°l E.£ 15 miles. ” Wie i^texc ’very
fortyniOjhaym.g fo^g^pd an<opportu(uty for deteb-
mifoçg the lituation of the above ^nthey lailé
not laid'down fufiiciently'dorred^jin .the charts,I’iwtth -
refpçdt, fo, /their^ latitiJefo- ‘ In otheVpaffage we ek*
’p®ri®Hded^S‘ï&Sft^|^tBflewîliktw^| îfoVitië -i]|àfi'w'âTd, .
'3<SM>ndafK^Sb0n%e’ thw’theîillécÉfd SrfflHfôFTô'fehgll loth.
Xima bearing N. 76° E ., on
o f Fgniietfa ; And at11 hi -'30in/Thteffôùtft-ëàft point bofe*
Weft, and wè*'Hauled‘ ü fi1 X’lNl1 ÈX1 Af'-^h. P. M.’Qsfl
wind ?fo4ddnly 'died t[ aïïâ:ÿ} And -'we5 liàd lignfforçeè^
from the »northward’. 'At furifet -the ’dbu ths porrit®Çïf
Foimofa|b®i© S, .46°, W ; and Botol Tobago, S. 48° E.
to S. 53° E. ; Bow .Ifland; N. W a j j off :th'Ahighd an d
of Fortnofa,. " four.for- five miles’, ..K- ü3° «W I t w:as
nearly, calm throughout . the Highl and we "found the ;
effeétsfofâ ftîôngfoufienf fetting to thej^orth for at
, b b - ; day-light