Passage “ In 'tkei-pïs&a#e from Tristan d’Acunba birds and
indvQceah. ‘ ‘ fish wërei%<§tn3* n considerable nhffifee»§qsiwhales i al-
t;‘-hiosl^véty d^yt" In the1 hf^<sbtïtMrhïpaisa^e,nniëarl7 !
1J ‘‘ the north-west arid■ south-wëst, blowing 'strong; thé,
“ north-wtést wind producing fogtfand rain,;and the south--
“ west wind clear and cold weather. Only one.: hard
‘- galë was exjM#i>ehGedifhèswHöle'iway3,cwhich,was^tö'
“'the eastward: of Madagascar; It begun} from thè north1-'
and^Mded 4t^thd^üth-h^s^qWbwih^;:-pio'teÉ(iy-
f§ in ' all 3di$e®Ëpöpyi> andibceasloniE^iari r-ptocommosdy
êïifüSëd Vol thht thèiship 'lafeohaseehmubh]; ahd/ire^
‘ ‘ qüèntly rolled thergakhwalhsi and part réFddif4gn««|fiv
“ dëclë,’ Tinder ;Watêr/(the:n£ïasta?foaHdng5.sja .;at|sgle with
’‘ the horizon ©feabout fifty:I degrees:. 1 Thsrè was-also
% YAyi^fiat'swëlï frOmrthdKseuthMv-e&i:,xiduifin^ijthe?
‘ ‘ whole! passage^’ frequently without any apparent. rea-
I‘-«om | Asr sdöh^as! the ’stóps approached; .wjtHimsaihout
‘ ‘- thirty leapïePto- the Westward: o£ SleiRauMandr Amslém
“ dam, a? few?seali^aiii^|tenghins -i«éreiobsttr^eé/f£!Ehe
‘ ‘ §éaj heeafiieSübjëctfte tides'ob eütrents; 5OnjI dayk>8tó
- “ servation gave twenty miles northing. On the even-
‘‘ tó^phthat^dslypa boat; was sent to: try what feasting'*,or.
“ westing haight1 be? added? to:thdt northing,} :hut reportfed,’
~ onits returri, that the current set. due south, near«®. mile
‘ ‘ an hour; which was confirmed t by i the ’nhservation
“ next dafy at noon,”
The mode, of, discover ihgi is by
sesjdipg: it at §QjnQ5|itjt-le -distah^fEoi^h^iship,. and then - ~
letbingtdo^n a-weight,,often an iron-potato a considerable^,
«iepthrl‘.('a&fl'St ^dthnn.dred fathom
whiclq-vy eight isthus. found; t-o<answ^ the/common pur-
pose^of an anphdr, and ke.epS-Jshe, bo|hfeomi anytprpg|esr
si^p^iotipnjf cut-rOntSs heing^s^d’orn.! feugid; bel®^£-t|^if fa^
thorns.- Any ligfetbp,^ thrownjfepmfthph0^ 1#??5^ the
surfagepof the sea -thin and flat t^re.cpi'ye aw^hppu1-
sion .^m jthe-> wind.,; musty i& ife§^Q^egv?be; W©$ed^l|
byf!a-s current%<ifofj&hich it is-;>asy.&@-*pfosieiiy.q the -,ten-
deney^and .ipeasjwse, jh^yelo, qi t y . y
The ^-Q?fhgrK^asj^Qyy moderate- .an,d$ warjgy^sihtahle
tg*£ljp season* *it being thermpn-th _q£January;tTy|l4§Jr^'1>1
this herqi^phere, ista part ghsumn^er. - T h ey>w h o^ id e
usu^lyffgi- thpipthp^sid^-of jhekqqnat'Or ,y
snr-iyp,fnme id§|S#ifyJaiGh had been^hithoite^ft^f^t-ed,
in^heifiiminds, ^ThMShpJeasant&e^afld yigpur.mu?|;bae
trans^rrehfhomfMay tp ^ e em b e r ; and hq.yho pj^h&s
f o ^ e s ^ t e ; i ehiiling and Tuacpmfqr^l^i^p&qHi
poipt., directly tq^thq sputh^y^hil^on^ th§sContrary,
the.north revise?, his hqpps # ;^ |^ ^ )^ s% an(|^ a rip.th.
.islands of ..S^-B^il, and* A©s.ter,da^t^ m ^ % ,
ceived^lying-in the, .sarqp
about seventeen miles.,.to, thqinorth'vygS^sMitfe .others
The Dutch-navigatqjs aref saMApA^f g^^jh& narqe
of Amsterdam to th,e northern^, (a,n^. of St. Pau^tq th®
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