i^risi: a qiiarter öf 'pint öf water for flapper,'arid to fdrae, who’*
were’moft in need, half a pint. In the pouffe oflth’e night,
being conftahtly wet with the fea, we flkffered'much cold-
and fhiverih’gs. .
Saturday 6. Saturday the 6th. At day-light, I .found that fome of
the clams, which-had been hung up fa d£y fof fea-ftore,
were ftoien / but everyone folemnlyddnied* having any;
knowledge o f it. This forenoon'we faw a gähnet/ ä fand-
lark, and fome water-fnakes, which In general were from,
two to three feet long.
The lifual allowance o f brfead and water was ferved for
breakfaft, and the fame for dinner, with the bird; Which I
diftribufed in the ufual way, Of Who ihall have- this ? I
propofed to make Timor about the latitude Of 90 30' S, or
v io° S: At noon I obferved the latitude to be io° 19'’ S /
courfe N 770 W, diftance tty miles-; longitudemade from
the Shoal Gape, the north part of New Holland) 5? 3h,W.
In -Ä e afternoon, I took'aii'opportunity of examining
our ftore Of bread, and found remaining-19- days allow-'
ance, at the former rate of ferving one 25th Of a pound
three times a day : therefore, as I faw every profpecSt of. a
quick paffage,I again ventured to grant an aHowaneefor
fupper, agreeable to my promife’ at the time it was dif-
cofttinued.
We paffed the night miferably wet and cold/ and-' in' the’
Sunday y. morning I heard heavy complaints. The fea was, high and
breaking over us. _ I could only afford the allowance’ of
bread and water for' breakfaft ; but for dinner I gave ©ut
än ounce o f dried clams to each perfon,' which was all that
remained.
At noon. I altered the courfe to the W N W,* to keep more
.from
from the* fea, as ithe.wind blew ftfong. Latitude obferved 1789.
9? 3i/ S; courfè N 570 j fe diftance 88 miles; longitude J u *r *'
made 6° 46/-W./. «
The feâ ran very, high all this day, and we had frequent
flhowers óf rain, fo that we were continually wetj and fuf-
fered much cold in the night. Mr* Ledward, the fiargeoh,
and Lawrence Lebogue, an old hardy féaman, appeared to
be’giving Way‘.very faft. ^‘copld only affift them by a £ea-
fpoonfulor two'of wine, which 1 had carefully faved, expelling,
fuch a, melancholy néceffity.
>i Monday.the 8th.Windat, Si E. The weather,was more Mondays,
moderate than it had been for fame days'paft. A few
.ganhetsl werbfeen; - At noon, I obferved in’•8*'45' S; courfe
WjNiW' i W, goE miless;alongitude made 8° 23' W. -The
fe'aïbeing ffnooth, I' fleered Wiby-S:
7 'At four in the afternoon, 'we caught a- imall dolphin,
Which ,wasj the firft relief of the kind that we, obtained.
•I^iffùçdv aborat two oun'ce&^to- each përfdn,. including the
offals, and 'fiwed the.remainder-for dinner .the' next day: -
T.owardatiè venihg' the wind frefhened, iuriid it blew; ftrong
all, night; .To,;;that we.fhippéd. lftuhlfwat-e-iy. and. fuffëfed
^greatly ftonaithewet and cold.
^Æueftlay the Qth; At day-light,’ as ufual, I heard much Tuefday 9.
complaining yhich my own feelings convinced me was too
:ss^ell? founded. I gave?'the furgeon and Lebogue a little
wine, - but I could- afford them nô farther'relief, except en-
coûraguig them with hopes that a .’very few days longer/at
ou.r.prdent fine, .rate of flailing, would bringms to Timor.-' i
, , Ganhets;, boobies, ' men of war and tropic birds, {were
qouftantly^bout u&<. îî‘Sçryed!fhe ufual àllow-ânce »of bread
amfwater, and at noçn we dined on the remains of the
G g . ... dolphin, , 1