12 W HI T'E §gj JOURNAL. O F. J&- f
1787*. boafd .the Prince of Wales transport, from w^iclvtime they?
June.
behaved very well. Being now - near.; one, hundred-league»
to the weftward of Seilly, and all well,,Captain Phillip found
it no longer %eceffa-ry to keep the Hyama with him ; there-y
fore, h'aving-eommitted his letters 'to the. care of the ,H©nr.\
Captain De Cdur.cey,Vhe |g§ the- courfe of .this dajr fent
' her Baelh ; .
: 28th. Departed: this life, Ifmg.pl Coleman., a..cbnvidty
who, worn out by lownefslof fjpirits and debiMfey^broughfe
on by long and el'ofe ^confinement, reigned |hfs '-'breath
without a,pang; y
. 30th. t In the forenoon pdffed, to the' fouthward ’ of Madeira*'
and few fome turtle &£■ the hawks-bilf kind.
. 1 Jme 2d. and: {mlfed the -Salvages.; T^pfe ifland»
■ are not laid down in -any. of the; chart? we had O0x;board/
except* ai. fmall one, by .Hamilton'Moore, ini the poffe-ffion.
of the fecond mate. They liey by,, our. observation, in.lat*
30°cio'..N. long. ,115°; 9'. W. ^
3d. This. ,evening,; after feeing many ^fmal-1 fifh iu:-out
way from the Salvages’, we arrived'at Teneriffe, and. an-?
ehored in SanfagQruz road, ahoqt a mile to the N. E._of the
town ofeth&t name,-,fo fixtpen: fathom water; fome of ,.th§
{hips,
VrOfy A G E TO*' ^ EW § S'O U T H i¥ A L E S',
flips came to ini twenty- fathom.- _ We were viiited the fame
of'the port, ,:by-the harbour mailer;
and‘ gained per million, to. yate-h.and procureyfuch refrefhT
ment^as' the', ifland afforded. The marine? were now ferved
with wine itn'dieu'.of fpirits a pound of frefh b,eef was like-
wife daily diftnbuted to them as>wellas to the eonvidts; tor
gefher with a pound o f rice; inffead of bread,' and fuch vege-
tabks?as\qb\fld be-procured.. ©f the latter indeed the por^
tion- was rather feanty,- little :b?elides onions being;to,be, got ^
and ftilllfefs .pf ,fruit, dt 'being toofearly in-the feafon. ,
4th. 1 Cap tain; ?Phillip^ as.governor of his'Majeffy’s; territories
in NeWi South -Wales, and commander in cffief; o f
the- expedition, aebompanied;i b y twenty.: of the principal
officers,, paid, his:,;refpedts to the, Mat£&j|. .de Brgnc|£prt,
governor- of this and th^lptken Canary illaadsv G We were
fepeived b y ; his Excellency with great politenefs and cor-,
diality ; and; after the ceremony .bfednrtrodndtfoa was over;
h'C. enterdd- intbvfamiliar converfetion with „Captain Phillip
on-general- to^idsEd In. :pei;foni the Marquis k genteel; he is
rather .above the middl^l<£zc, . but . oaiiinot boaftj of much
-embonpoint;' his countenance :is animated ; his deportment
eafy and graceful; and.both. his.appearance and manners
, perfe&ly