A . V O W B n T O
• 17S9. ■ counting fectods, feveral'; could do it withlbme* degree of
, -ex'a&nefsu-.:
||j|The iflands we had pa-fled, lie-between therlhtitude of 39*’
g 'S 'and ^i:8? dnd,‘ according taJrhy. redkoniiig, from _
30 I'/f to 1,31:46' W longitude from the ifland Tofoa.: the
largeft may he 'aborit flx leagues in circuit; but i t . is im-
poffible forme to'heJv.eryborrC6t.: To flio.w where: they are
otobetfound agiaki is the mot m'y'fituatioh' enabled, me to
do;.' i The fketch I have made, will give.a(eomparative view;'
o f their: extent;'; 1 beliese.all the. larger iflands are inhabited,
as they appeared very fertile.
ftp At noon ToMervedyin latitude ti8° 10' S,• and cbnlideredS
myrnomfe and,di^anee from.Teferd^y.ndoiiv.NjW by W
i W, 94 miles; longitude,;by account, from Tofoa 4* 29' W.-
For dinn^,: I fei^ed fp|ne uo£ the damaged', bread*, vand/a
, quarter of a pint of water, "ƒƒ
' About fix: o’clock, in the afternoon, we difeovered two«
; iflancisF, dne. hearing" W by S 6rleagues,o.and tt:be otherrN: sW
.by N 8ileaguesrsfl kcptito windward.of themortbnruMofl-,
i and; paffing.it by 10 olclock, I i^fumed .our.,cQurfe,tQ the.:
NW a n dW NW for the night.. k
WednefHay jjj WedneTday thehth. :|BheweatherMas fair;andithe wind,
' • moderate all day from the E.N E. , At day-light, a.number.
of other 'iflands;'were imfighr fromlSSE to ,the; W, and,
round to N E by E ; between thofe in the N W I determined:
to pafs.: A;t ,noon :a fmall fandy'ifland orhey, two
miles diftant from me, bore from E to S '$0 % 1 had palled
, ten iflands, the" largeft' of -which 1 judged. to be .6 yor 8
leagues in circuit. Much larger lands appeared in the S W
and N N W, between which I dire&ed rpy-courfe, . Latitude,
obferved 17017'S; courfe fince yefterday noon-N;5o°‘VVr,;.'
diftance 84 miles ;; longitude made, by account, 50 37-W-.
Qur,
T H E SOUTH- S-E.A S, See.
©nr 'allowance- for the : day«was a ; quarter of a pint of
cocoa-nut milk, and the an#i«yyhich did not exceed twb {
U B f l j o ^ h perfon-: it w^received very contentedly,
but we buffered great drought. I durft not venture to land,
as, we hadi no arms, and." were: fiefs ^p^ble-^©| flefpnding
ourfelyes than, we^ere. at.Tofoa., ;
. To keep; an account- of the boat’s, run was rendered difficult,
.from.' being conftantly wefc with the ^.«^rpak^ng iover
-tj-s.; htr||-W;wqi adyan-ted towards^t^d^nd, ^e^ea;^eqame
fmoothef,j:;and I-was enabled to form; alketch of. the iflands,
\yhichj will/xferve'to]gi^e a :g^n|i^ktto«^lpd^^|||thek, extent
and pofition. Ttoierwe fwere;near, appeared .fruitful
and Killy, fomb w ^ all>pf.a.g^odi ^feightT
T Tohdrgr'eat joy we Robkeffasfifli, htib^e%©^e Miferajbly
difappointed by it^beingHqjkin.trying, to,-get| it ;intpfithie:
boat*. v * - . i<- *< i 1 ' i y ’ >
VifejC&htih.ucd fleeririg.to the N W, between the iflands,
which, ,by the qyening,."Appeared of conflderalfl^,extent,
■ vyopdy and*. mppn£ainous.;j At. fun-fet, .the;foutherpmoft
■ boref’fforn - £ to, fl'W* by W. and the.nvrtherpidoft' from
N^hy W I W t o N E i , E . At fix o’clock we were nearly
mid-waiylib'etween them,. and about 6«I^gue^-diftant from
each lhore, when, we %il?inr with a coraL bank,
we'hadlqnly four feet water* without the leaf| bfcak on?i|^
or ruiflSd£,-the, fqa,;to giveuis warning.], I could fee that
extended about, a mile onieaelijiide of,.US p but,, as. it is pro-
b(able that it may extend much farther,, I havg laid it down
fc in my, Iketch. . , 1 ' , V j
I * direited the,conrfe W by.N for the night, and ferved
to each perfon an ounce of the damaged bread, and a quarter.
ogljpint o f water,. for fupper*
i . 1.7^ M a y ,.