BOOK tude 132°'42' E., and obferved diftances ,132° 1 7*E.
* . ’ N"6 45 uow.fhewSd the.dongitude r-ji^ 42/ K
July. And obferved diftances 1320 34' E.
which will account for, our not making the land we
expected, having liad no .opportunit^before. of taking
lunar obfervations.* Current thefe 24 hours N .54°J|L
47 miles. •
17th. lig h t airs and hazy weather.
16 h. Calm till near noon.
22 h. At noon the land from N.,22^W. to S /67* W.
four Or five le ase s. Current thefe 24 hours N/ 5Q° E
31 miles.
18th. At fun let we were within two leagues of the land ;
and we had 38 fathoms, fandy bottom : the extremes
• extending from N.-6’° E. to S. 33° W. Near the fea
the coaft was tolerably level; but the interior* part was
very mountainous land.' During the night and forenoon
it continued calm, with light airs at ihterv&ls ;
arid our foundings varied from 21 to 60 fathoms, as
we increafed our diftance from 5 to 12 mites off
In the forenoon we had four large junks in com-
paBy, but they took no notice of us.
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At noon it was very hazy, when the lufipfl'extremes - c h a p .
-bore froin N. by W1.''M b W , - ; - four mflgs off fliore. >•—✓—-<
Cu’rfen^ theim 24 hours N; -57°' E. l 6i miles. Ob- fjiy.‘
ferved' diftances q" and y^4132?'’p3'.<jl. \
. !f36/fotiiottis water!' 4
. jAfe 2 h. | came to- an apehbf pmj!8 fathoms fandy4> 19ft.
bottom, three, miles from the fhorei. the^Mtrenies bearing.
fromjlfv.ifi0 E*, to S. 15° W-. t
A fifliingrbdatcame pp board and gave us fome fifli;
they made nfe of Ik u 11a mfteaft o f ears.
With a light air w&got under Way; a,od throughput
the'mgh^we had ffWntinual fog#";i
Hazy and calm'5weather throughput |he morpjpg^; f
At noon, the extremes frppj $,„391^5 to,Nj 5 ° W., off 20th.
fliore'three of four leagues. Current thefq llpUfi *
north-eafterl# 18 miles.
Tim breeze gradually dying pyay to our g^gaf dff- sift.?«
appoijntmentif'* The e^frerpes pt noon from .?$■. ^ W.
to 7Q° Wr -jpffi,fhpre three oj fout h$gVl£?fv, Current
theje 24 .; ,N; hy E: ^o xpiles. . ,
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