i i a i
75°. .. We had now got into a strong ^ E. trade wind, which I
found tended to=split.mostof our spare spars and masts,, and I
ordered, them to be pajtód. with-tmpentine.ïi •The-,heddingvt &c.
Was brought o n : deck -to air;> we . also -cleaned and washed
below. 11
On the 6th we had a strong breeze from S. by.,E- to?S> :E. by
È. which doés^bt agree with the .accounts o f winds that, géne,
rally prevail in this country, accompanied by lalvèry .«cross rib,
bling;sea|‘which made the .vessel wy-timeasy..: .1 can n o ^ ao
count for this in any .other way, .than that it is .occasioned .by. a
current 'setting from between -the-island s, for jisjwengofcpast
them I found thé sea.decrease gradually: § Observation.at,nöop,
in the Eat. of 27° H N .
V 'The weather became moderate and fair on the 7th; at>npon
the thermometer on deck was at 79°-
On the 8th we.crossed the Tropic of Cancer- Wd>hadmow
many flying fish round ; which, o n account „of-the l^wn^s.s>pfl
the vessel used frequently to. come-on board in great numbers, |
affordingws many, a deldciousfmeaV: | i
On th e ! 1 1th we 'were. employed in 'repairing .the damaged
sails, and airing the bedding. Served out: sugar .and Jimcrjuice
to the: men. Saw a.tropic bird*. At. moon found coursely.es .in
Lat. 16° 46'N . i | i M M | H M
At half past:one P. M. of the 12th, -saw .the .Island* of %lt,
one of the Cape de Yerds, bearing W.;seventeenfo£j eighteen
miles. Hauled;close round, the S. E. enebpf; it, and runialong
thé .S.‘ side dn: order, to look: for-an .harbour, which, is said ;to be
near a smaHdsland«0»Lthahside'; but neJfinding so,-cpnvenie,nt
accommodation: as ,1 expected, a t «half past s ix P . M.WP shaped
a course for St. Jago.
As.there are:many .different descriptions ; of the appearance
.of the Island ipf Salt, it-appeared to-me as fo llow sH a y in g
made
| m I
made! if at the time I expected by my reckoning, I was sur-
.prize<fJo,find that'it'corresponded with the description fo J ^o-
navista,.very nearly as given/in the Ea$t India Directory, which
| | | ! | B $ alias bn islahdspf high bold« laiid with a peak on it;
and'-t-hat, ..“ Bonayistasis isrfegular and sandy down todhe'waters
E. point of 'Bohavistp|s thUo-w. ,spit- of‘land
whose extent is mot p^teeivedfifliydui(^^e ;up with itJdThis
^o exactly egarhsponds with^hiey.S-.’E'. end ofj-Siit,' that: until I
had ronndjed jfhfsrend of the island, andfm^e^t)|^sm|dl operas
laid^jdp.wtb I w^as .rafhppf in, dopbfewhidhipfithei|two- islands it
was; i ^ h # land o f Salt .affhe JvL W.- *epd appearjdugb' and irre-i
gular; <itt hath .also *sandf wn; tp, the waferH^dge
pn^bethjhe E..and W ^ s id e ^ b ^ d a s mostfepiarkable in being
a long narfow^slapd, t h e ^ . E .]e n d in n in g out in jlp n ^ sa n d y
spit, +|phieh being^vgry low an’d Apt, py put dompt'distingjush .it-
from the/high land, until jyoup,re^psp in withit. J.The^pitdp
.at Jeastdhree.br f@,u4'jniles injength Jrom?thd Ipnd;, andson^K
■]%3sids has- ajsreefhahd' hreakerllondt in several pldcps'.about a
Jnilje from theisld^/m The land frprjbthpN. W^appeaip, pretty
reg u k p ;excepting here and*Jhere^iJ ps'jjaggcd-aid broken Jo-
-wards^th© Ij^E.^epd. There /appear, three .mountains in:Salt,
two .near J h p M. ’M . end; a n d the othersiahreast |hp^mall
islaod’omlbfi'Wv^side. ,,Salt l ^ n e a « r l ^ ^ ^ rW . and%j&',E.
an.ddsfsp narrow thatwhen^ypn^g^fi^U? the W.t|sided^ Jat up ns
island, .you misyneasily;seeftfh^ land,jp|ji h^ve fe|i,jJon
theippposite side. ^This is^nobthe.ca^ewithsfd^onavistaf ^ i th a l
island, is much broader. There is p p lan d that I •conl^|pbsdrve;
(on Salt ,that;deserves the n am e^ f a Peak,,:, ibbemgjaggfed: towards
the .low -sapdy point an the^^^ai end,,/and<tKe steep dand
fallinglprogressivply in.steps, below ea,chxptb^^m^y\have,.given
r-iae todheidea o fth e upperm|pbb£ipg, apeak* which isj in.fach1
„no4 more than, the sharp! corner of -a; table: land. ,
Having