Tristan
d’Acunha.
“ fathoms long, and, deservedly; by naturalists, termed
“ gigantic fuc&§> Some good fish was' caught with the
“ hook and lifie. h:
“ The'accident of a sudden gust, by which the anchor
IS was,-in a few hours, driven from its hold, anvd tHe
“ ship forced out to sea, prevented the islaria from
“ ibeing explored, as was intended. It is probable that
“ had the Lion' anchored in twenty, instead df' thirty
“ fathoms water, the anchor Would have held firmly.
“ Some advantage Was obtained,, however, from doffilrig
“ to this place. The just position 'of those' islands,rinr
“ respect to' their longitude, was ascertained by the mean
“ of several time-pieces, to be about two1 degrees to
“ the^eastWard of the place, where they are laid dpwfi
<f in charts, taken from observations made at a period
“ when the instruments, for this purpose, were less ac-
“ curate than at present. The spot where the Lion an-
“ chored was determined, by good meridional observa-
“ tions, and by accurate time-pieces, to be thirty-seven'
“ degrees six minutes south latitude, and eleven de^redS
“ forty-three minutes west longitude from Greenwich.
“ The compass had seven degrees of variation westward
“ from die pole. Fahrenheit’s thermometer stood at sixty-'
“ seven degrees. It was useful also to have-ascertained
“ that a safe anchorage, and plenty of good water, were
“ to be found herd*,; Those islands are certainly Worthy^
“ of a more particular enquiry; for they are not fifty
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