jpaffor the Skiug* and two. of bi$ midfoiptsen,. wfio hacl
September. keen, ^j| the invalid fifty aboard;; a ^ Ehglifti £bip returning
from the- Spu-thera whafefifoery t© England,, which, befog
leaky, fo*4theS8: forced. into Rfo* As this flbip was to
fail in a, fow <fe^s, k fusn-ifoed us with aa opportunity o£
writing to ©uf- founds*, Aboseft ivm in the afternoon the*
q©nwaod©r,e made-, the fignal for a ll officers', to repair on.
b©afd tjfofi: to%t€i?v?e:foipsy; and' &*■ the tranfports to boift in
their boats.
4$h> Afe fis: tbh flfegtc weighed) w®tthi as light: land Easeem--
Qji; the, commodore's ap©toaehasgi Santa Gunn*: Fort, hie wa$
k itted ; from the batteries w ith twentyon& guns ij;:w hick h e
i^ e sn e d from the Siriusr with atfe e«piaJLmimfign About tei*
dejeek w&: get: clear 4fe the laady fteeniagi to the eaftwardj
with a. gesiift breeze., Thomas Enowav a> ramvicEt, wa& pa*,
nlihed: widfc a. cfozen, lafhesy f»D behaying infolsnstly fen one of
th e oiBoefisr ofi the: fbip. This, was; the1 &sjSc that had! received
a®y pjtiilhiaea^ fines*, tbeiB embarkatiofu.otiv board! the Chaiv
lo t te.
5tbs, Wfod variable and dktuiy Elio* Sugar-loaf foil. in
fight, about eight or nine leagues] diftant:
6th*. Th©i officers^ fliip’s compaiiyr marines^ and comfh&s,
1 were*
were, by figmaL from the Sirius, port to an» allowance of three
quarta^cd? water perdayy rnckidiibg that tefuatty allowed Sot
cooking their provifioas- fir the courfe of the day a fteaidy
bseeze fpromg' mp ast N , E- About J5k ia. the evening, the
Eifhbmne. vi'&ualler carried, away her for-e-top-gaMfaM yard*
which fhe fooir go* replaced with another-
- yth and! 8th. The weather eontimaed dash and dbndy*
whth. ktne, beany fhowers of rasa. Os the evening of the
8?tih,. between the; herars of those and four, Mary Sroad* a?
corra£fcy wasi delivered: of a- fe e girlt
g $ iand »ffitht Ffe:^ clkalr, # y weather: Tfte emm&@dbiig
madfi; a fignal for the asuvey tfo efefo^ being* fcattered dboutf
at ai eoafidepaibk djfihnee from- him*
juuhy i-2®by- and) r3.d®r Frefk-breezesy with fuddfefj fqMaMs
and heavy rain. The four fucceeding days, light airs, and
hazy,, with f®me foowersy and a1 damp mteiffe air:- On. the
evening* of the rytfo our l'ongknade' bei<i^, by fignttl from*
td®e commodore,. 3®? 3^'W. we caught* a fharh f e feet long»
©f whidh tther peepfe made a gsod mefe.-
ii8db; Heavy rainy with: dark an d c©hf weather.. Saw
.feveral albatrofles and pintado birds:
B^th. V^iUia®* Bi&wn,,- * very Wel!l behaved1 cenw^j ia
bringuig.