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dangerous an attempt, as itmightbfeckftom the ftarting
of a plank, which would expofé thé Vefièr to' tlie almöH
certainty of finkingf the idea was therefore' immediately
given up, ■ as th e water made was eafily cleared■ b y two
men at th e pump.—~Thë latitude at noon, b y obfervation,
was ] 30 1 9 'north.—In the night they had ftrong fqualls, v a riable
to the northward* w ith rain, and at times had v e ry
hot puffs of wind, as if from'land ; th ey kept under an eaf f
t fail and a good look-out until da y-light, ; bu t faw no appear^
i ance o f land ; the weather b e in g -v e ry unfettled, with fqualls’
and rain,, and the wind varying at times to the eaftward,;
fouthward, and S. W . w ith ligh tn in g and dark (Éo^ÜdSi^On?
the twenty-firft theyifound, by dbfèrvatibn, thèir latShde to
FremTuef- *
day 18, to j
Friday 21. J
Saturday 22. be 170 47' north, and th e n ex t day were in 88° 29" n o r th :
th e w eather continuing v ery unfettled, w ith frequent fqualls,
the wind r em a in in g in th e E. and S-. E. quarters u ntil the
Sunday 23. twenty-third, when i t veered round -to the N . E. w ith rain,
Monday 24. till the next morning, the weather becoming th en moderate
and fair;" the latitude at noon was 20° 43' nor th,' b y ob-
Tueflay 25.
fe rya tio n ; in the n igh t th e y had fome lig h t fqualls,; and
kep t a good lo ok-out fo r the land.—In the m o rn in g , about
th re e o’clock, h a y in g ' great ripplings in the water, th e y
hauléd up to the northward till da y-light, w h en they faw1
th e B a s h EE iflands hearing W. N. W . diffant about 'three
leagues. T h is circumftance much-pleafed L e e Boo. fie was
.eager to learn their .names, w h ich being told him repeatedly,
u ntil
tmtil h e could. p ro n o u b c e , th em $ he; tpok a piece o f lin e ,
w h ich he. had brou gh t .^ itk :hih>..foE th e p u rp o fp p f m a k in g
femarks^apsd.tied a. kn o t thereon, as a;rerftembFapce p i . t h e
circumftance.— At. feven o’clock the wind changing to; th e
northward, th e y bore away through a. paflkge? between? th e
fflaiids, and /at noon were in, the C hin a fea, .their la titu de
2I° cj north, b y obfervation; th ey had now fair w eathe r w ith
fmooth water, and by. four,o’clock in the afternoon had loft
figh t o f the Bas.H'EE | ' ■
• T h e n ext morning., about nine o’clock th ey faw land upon-
their quarter, b e a r in g f rom N .-E . f N. to E .N .E . being, part
o f the ifland o f F o r m o s a ; at noon their latitude was 24°^
49^ north. T h e fair weather, continued n e x t day, bu t w ith *
a fw e llfrom th e ’ northward, w h ich w e t them a little ; there
latitude at noon being. 22° 17' north. T h e wind mcreafing in
the afternoon to a f r e lb g a le , th e y now felt a material change
to cold, o f which th e y were the more fenfible from the h o t
weather th e y had before^experienced. T h e next morning;
th ey faw feyeral Cbinefe filh in g boats, and- a fnra.ll China
junk * . A t e ight o’clock they, faw land,, being a fmali hill,
bearing N . . - b yW . ; at ,noon th ey were, in latitude 220 20-
north. T h e w ind b low in g b r ifk ly , at one o’clock in the m ornin
g they; got foundings at twenty-five; fa th om , fo f fg r o u n d y
I , is the name, given by Europeans to th e .C& ^ -b u iit veffek employed in-theirhome
or; eoafting trade j fome of them are very, large, and trade to Ba t a v ia and-
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