B O O K ï lil.'
2ÿth.
28th.
Light breezes, with Ihowers of rain. At daylight
Hummock Ifland, §. 73° E . ; Rocho-o-ka-ko, from
40? E. t® If. 73° E i and Weft Iflandj /N.:56°- W .;
when we tacked and made fail, the boats in com.
pany.
Light breezes and dark cloudy "weather;. wind iir-
creafing at noon : Hummock Ifland; N .b 5°E. fix or
feven leagues.
Light breezes and cloudy weather, with fhowers of
rain and frequent thunder mid lightning, which ren-
dered our fituation truly uncomfortable from the
numbers obliged to be upon deck; and below, the
heat was exceffive.
12 h. Light airs and variable, with inceffant rain.
24 h. Squally weather, with fhowers of rain. -
Heavy fliowers of rain, which brought the wind
round to the weftward, and we fleered S. S. W.
7 h. Took the boats in tow as ufual for the night.
f 2 h. Frefli breezes and fine weather.
At 22 h. we faw the ifland of Tobago, fituated near
Formofa, bearing N. 75° W .; and at 23 k 30 m. we
made Botol Tobago Xima, bearing S. 34° W. At
noon
noon the former extended from % 6 5 ° W. to If. CHAP.
75* W;, and the latter from W. tp S-3Q° W.
10 ©r<.3lt2' leagues. . — W»*
•At 4 mv paft Rofcpl Tobâga Xima here S. E. and 29th.
|%ifonth point of Formofa. &. W. i W. about 10
leagues. At 10 h. we were jby estimation in* *the
latitude of it, when-we .fleeced South, not intending to
pafs between Formofa and the Vele Reté rodSs. : The
night was cloudy, with rain.
13 h. At daylight we had run 25 miles, when to
our great furprize,-the fonth point of Formofa bore of
ns S. W. by W. four or five leagues; and qt noon
after running S. W. 21 miles, it was ftill three
leagues in the direction of S. 40p W. . Towards, noon
the wind moderated, and we cbuld make no way
againft the northerly current^, ,, which occafioned a
eonfufed againft the wind. Botol Tobago Xima
extended from N. 84° E , tov S,-8S° E.* and.the north
extreme of Formofe N: 10° E. Mo foundings three
miles off fhore.
Light airs and cloudy weather harried us infënfibly sothi^
towards the land, when r#e expet&æàjced a ppnntëlf-
. current in our favour, which fet us in the dite&ion
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