104 W H I T E R JOURNAL* OjfE A
.1787. ;5th. In the morning aircraft calm, with a_heavy.,fwell i,
December., ^ even£mg a.fmall breeze fprung up . a t ,the N. E’.; Vfhicht
. next day drifted to the weftward. $
1 6th. | In lat.j4i^7,'Jouthj long. .74^5^ eaft,. .c le a tg a ther,'
with a. (mail breeze; at N-. N. W. ^e;Jfa.w; fame large-
whales, feveral .birds, moftly of the pcteral. hind,; alfeal; and
fome rock-weed.:
* 7 th: Dark, cold, and; gloomy. Had fomcT gulls and
whales round the fhip•'. •
20th. Wind variable, inclining .to .the fouth- I vi^fed
the Prince, of Wales, where I found fome of the "female.’ c^>n-
viSs with evident,fymptoms of; ;the ^fcurvy,-; bi-ought- on by
the damp';arid cold weather we had lately experienced. The
two fucceeding days .the wind to the weftward- though ay
times variable, with dark, wet, ^glopm.y weather; in-lat.
41° 18' fouthi long. 90° 7' eaft.. We faw.and. pafled'.fo^e
fea w e ed , On thofe. days the fciiryy began .-to.fhow: itfelf-.m"
the Charlotte, moftly among thofe who had the dyfentery
| to a violent degree ; hut I was pretty riyelk jtBleJ tog keept- it
under, .by a liberal :„ufe of the effence 6f malt, .and fome
good .wine, which ought not to., he piaffed among-me
.ttioft
moft indifferent aritifdorButiase. For’the latter we were indebted,
to ; the 'humanity of Lord( Sydney and Mr. Nepean,
principal and under fecretaries of Hate.
'24'th.'ri? The'weather ftill dark arid- gloomy. Had feveral
hiids^ourid. the ffrip of the albaitrofs; arid peteral kind ;
with I what '.appeared to me to- be-fomething of the fea-hawk
' .1:^ c ip s :ir-^|
27th. > cDark hazywfeather, with; fome lightffqualls. We
paffed, more fea weed j fome gulls,- and rriany of the before-
mentipned bi-rd-s, about the fliip.y<;
c^gioth and- 31ft. Strongl/bteezes, '.-with funfettleddocolling
'weather; bi'^icftillabout us, and drfcewi'fe fome whales. |
Januayy^ift, “^788. The nfewdypaT V as introduced
With afp^tty heayy .gale - o f wind, fronr ,ih j northward and
weftward* which-was thec'firft- we had ehcountered -ftnee
w e . left, England* I t begaft a little . before--, r2 o'clock the
preceding night, and continued j till, feven this ’-evening..
The 'Sirius, was.the whjoknddy tinder her ftkydaih; and the
convoy under-their fprerfail and -ftay-fails*. '1
-J2d and 3d. - .'Smart f .gales* yut-bn' dark; gloomy weather.
Somq,feals and obelpip. birds- ,a?bout the flrip.,
. 4th. Cloudy weather, - in . latitude 440 2 S. The-Sirius
P made
January-.