1783,
AUGUST.
Sunday 3.
Monday 4.
Tuefday 5.
’Wednefday
Thurfday 7.
Eriday 8.
noon they had an ohfervation for the longitude, by the distance
ofthe fun and mOon, bywhich they found t'hemfelyes:
in 126 degrees ~and a half eaft of ^Greenwich«. The following
morning being alfo fair» divine fervice was performed
npon deck; a ceremony never omitted on Sundays when the
weather wouM'allow of-it. In the afternoon they got another
ohfervation for the.longitude, which confirmed that taken
die preceding day. ■ At night they met- with'frelh gales”of
wind, fqually weather, and much rain, which continued'’
mod: part of the next day; towards the. evening. Of *.which
they faw numbers'of birds'and filh, "like wife fome* drifts *
of pieces of wood or bainhoo, they therefore altered their
courfe more to the fouthward, and went under an eafy fail,
keeping a good look put* until mornings When it-being'
very tempeftuous they brought to, and handed their topfails^
which before had been clofe reeft. The.weathehcoiitinued'
to blow a ftorm till about mid-day of the yth^du rihgi wh ich
time they could fhow but very little fail, being ^obliged today
to under the ftorm ftay-fails ; the fo rm then, abating, .and
the weather clearing up, they got an obferyationt for the
latitude, by which they found themfelv.es in io° 16 'north.
In the afternoon the wind was foutherly, with frefh galesy but
dry, lo that they were able .the following morning to, clean
between decks,-and allb to fumigate the fhip with gunpowder.,.
The cattle had all perilhed in the laft ftorm, except
one bullock; the fhe-goat.alfo, having kidded in this bad
weather,
weather, died together with her young. In the afternoon 1783-
AUGUST*
the weather became more moderate, fo.that they were able
to make fail'and to proceed, on their vbyage; and the next
’day .the'Weather'.was fo,fine they we're Enabled to, open Saturday 9.
their ports to air and dry the fhip below, as alfo again- to
Examine their provifion and ftoreS," and every- thing
into order. They were ndiy proceeding, cheerfully on their
jwoyage, fondly flattering themfelves that the adverfe Iwea-
'ther, amd the anxieties it had' awakened, were'' all. at an
"ericl,4 -vyherf 'they were' fuddenly overwhelmed with thofd
misfortunes1 which .are related in the Ipifpwing narrative.