Passage to to blow over the^b'e.eam^febnstantl^^fromi.'tfeig 'eastward.
The ships werfe thus, quickly,- wafttedheyondrfe apportion
of the -globe, whMh^^s«eQnsfd^fe,d^&,dividhig ®h=e’lii;e,iu-
peratedrom the torrid, -and. uninhabitable, zohe^;-'ATnd
fhetdaiiiteriieeEtainly would mM#'fepiSppeHadon, Wtiffll;
it- not for i those regular .fejjggfes.which | moddMteHthe
heat/ !
“ In this'passage icurrents, also^as in*rhe dormer,
‘ . were |ohser ved by Sir Erasmus Gbwer^ *bn?U%di®i di-
*c reetion was various. The -W-eather>was hazy; iand'fehe
wind! st^dyi impelling the .ships'at the rath©fi fifty«
‘.fciei^tfeSvvior one hundred a!nd fifty- na!UtibaIl:>'untiles a
“ day>7 in- thei morning..of the first*o£-uNovember, - fche
“ isle of Bonavista, onelqf theJ^japedesVereWs; seame/in
“ sight.. About this.timeithe2wfeatheMaeGhl0®*extfem'efy
‘^siilliy; and theie was an nnhealfe-yohmrtftfilvif.m
“ rti^cair/ ivhich threw the-body intoii^tafcl^fiiilan^
tPguor. Therffeermometer.keptjttet^eeisf^gb^Htwn
uuand eighty-four .degteesui They! left I tBonavista^td
“ fee | noEth-west#jabout the distans&e cof- eight* or
“ leagues.'ift On the north-eist< .endi of: that klandufiass1:#.
“ hill, \yhiH# from, its eonical and ^truncated shape, had
** the appearance of havirtgibeejp. a volcanos* ■ Thewims
‘-:anofeer,:min:hihi^her, hear feesouth-westimd,swith
“ high land to fee westward of -it. The seai-coast*. on
“ the south^eastisille, ■ wafc gharded T^^ roeks ;1 hut; M*
‘i wards the south-east ends the .shore, was much t covered
“ tW'khsf-wMte^'s^|.|^|ThSlitei did not ,s<^inpo be aiiy cul- p^sagt to
“ tivatiiOrror mhaMtMl|pbn 'tMr -■’§*§ipP The* l#itiadei df
“ Bonavfet^ was‘ste^^lfd^^^sie^miSxusfes.north, and
SMh^lloaTgftude4 ^SwP3it^^#| 'deg^^^f®rty_--S^|?©U^ifei-
“ nute's« west from Vafr'ifetibns twelyehdd^
M^Si^hirt^HsixAminufigs thep'O'le.'I
‘ ‘ Thet&ftern.©ola 'Novemhert^pbughif
“ the ‘lisle of May in sightA^Th©i®,i:tl|#a®tjj!6hdf<$| it
Ildivas.’IxtrehaelydQiws^Mtt-l^^Mvffejh^iyfe^b'fith^^MP',
‘ ‘ withia scn^erin^^f whit-d'-kan-d; ••nOPaiway^ea^^'1-?dti^-
‘AfcoveraMe'tiMn the /night. The43^ftdiJNn^^%^duMf)||^!,r
“ till it« airive'§da%^^lbanier+'m®.il^®-n;" t‘©-- thM south-
1 ‘ west of whieh^^st?i™^^|&#^^’tiiid; ’ atid^soor^fol-
“ lowed ?afeSgh disorderly p'Oak, mwfe^^Qofefty than
‘kfee-volcanic icohe. The>$sland vwall lef^t^fee-north -
•Vilest about1 ten milds, Ite. fasti tudn was.£€tegni|dJ^'#i|f>
■aJstebf minutesisnorty • its longitude/
Mcfive minutesrtwfest of Greenwich. The' variatidiho'f
“ thejconapass was hereftWfel^e^d^^^lvest. ' ‘
“?i.At six pklock of the foliowin^'mdrning/the,' isliu d
S ‘ .ofrSt .• Ja|ofappeared-; iand!,- it* nOOM-,,#6« Lion ^nob'dred-
“ in Praya hay$?i.ih sslvensfaihoms water, nhe .chu^&h
V b earing .north - nor tlr w es t half *west^. ahdtthe'n@rfe2ha^
“ end. of a .small island,-Ain the jj bay, dnorth^dalq-4«-‘The
V bottom thereais, ibettCr 'than at* ’ a * depth of tw<dv«|ftif
V fourteen fathoms, gbe^bind which it'tWmnledfytaa&drid
‘ 1 rough. The1 hay <is ©spenitofit-hb wind"frdjrf'W®\ith-east