longer to be perceived ; which was the cafe after being four
or five days, at Tea.
$th, P, M. the" Sirius made the fignal for .all' officers to:
repair on board their refpe&iyeffbips; an officer was. likewife'
lent to .the-.governor, to .inform him that we. intended 46 put
.to fea in the morning, and, at-the fame-time,' to. thank him
for the civilities and politehdfi he.had ffiown ms*-. His excels
lency returned, in anfwer to this mejflagei. that his’.belt and
moll fincere,, good. wi£hgs *£hould attend, us £ and that he
Ihould ever feel a very particularjnterefl in’our fuccefs; which
he hoped would anfwer the, intention of- gpyeyhinemt!, and
the expe&atipns of thofe. who had fo cheerfully, entered as
volunteers, on fo novel and very.uncertaina/feryice,.|
joth. This! mornipg-therfieejyrpt „unde? way with, a.light
breeze.,,which carried us out ofjSgnta Cruz, but left us.'two
days becalmed betweenTeneriffe and thp-GrandCariary^ After
this a fine breeze fprung up frpm th&jiorth-eaft-; "^d^hPr^e-
eurrence worthy ofinojiee happened fqVffime clays .^ Wefcrpifed
the tropical line in j 8P.■20. -weft longitude, |and - was| n^lfly
preifed .on -board the Lady P.enrhynn'tranfport, whofg people
did not attend to her_.fteerage, being deeply engaged in llu’icing
and ducking all thofe on board who had never droned i^xvi
f f t f e
a ifttadgfe' Tail to tbfe -northward,
and at’ night the Birins made tbfe 'Hgftal for the cOiivey
to Ihottgn feil.
- ! i 8th/ ®aply mis morning the -&riu's"J^rrfeW OUt the Sup»
gdyV&ghal to make feil| ^nd-foOk out afeead.; She lutihe-
dait’ely obeyed, and at eight o^lock-m&de the tSgiial for
lefehfg fetidf • Vhfeil whs Stilus td the ■ £&&*>
toy. - •p$fi&d,pie Ide m ML vT 6*!
pPfP ai? 5' W.-j . aftdJffi &'e iVCMiig t#6 o f the
Cape de TeM iflandti a ©luifter etf from/ a capo
of that waiae fituated opposite to them' 60 tife! continent - of
Africa. We palled the latte? fftarid fo efelb,--tli£t \velkw
tb^ b ie ak^ 'dh ich enJang&ed; captaih - CS@kV fkip Ih hi-s
lafl Voyage; i t blew ^at the time 'pt-otty frefhff&lndt Was flb
feaVyl .tfetetywe OOUld Make Kri6 - '&&&**' &bfe$fl§Sleta,--: ftKASl-
that the' land was h i g h , t h e ffioSe ^What: We could per-
OCwe%f it !th¥6Cj^h the feizd/ fM Ihe bOVifdh disie did a&t
exceed two mihfe)had a ■ vvhit^appeata'fioe, Ss i f laM ck^thalk
■Cltffa.. At f i t ih mO'OVferilfigi the rSMbs- ffiade^a ’fighal fbr
tnO dhrtVby to ofefgfVe5 a elOfe order -Ofdailffi^,1 a'M to"ffibfil?6n;
fell for the night; and at tindbr an eafy faib
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