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• . lj 8g. dolphin, which amounted to about an ounce per man.
•; * f * * • ,. 1 ©bferved the latitude t» be ,9 ° 9 ', longitude to c b
jo° 8 ',J\Y; 'courfe'fjnce'yefterday noon S diilanoe
1 0 7 miles.
~ This afternoon, I fuffered great ficknefs from the nature
of part of the flomaeh of the filh, which had fallen to m y
fhare at dinner. At fun-let I ferved an aBawance of bread
and water foffupper, -
W«inefday, ^ Wednefday the rotfe. : In th e morning, after a very com-
■ f fortlefs night, there was a vifible alteration few the worfe in
many of the people j WhiCtr gaveine great apprehenfions.
An extreme weaknefs, fwelled legs, hollow and ghafMy
eouutenaiefs, a more than common inchhaticMi to fleep*
with an Apparent debility o f undemanding, leeme# to pm
the melancholy prefages of anJ^ ^Q ^ s h i% :diffii^tsen3. JEJae
furgeoh and Lebogue,in particular,.were msoft.miserable
objects. 1 oceafionafiy gave them a: few tea-tfp©cki£ttls;;.©f
wine, oht of the little that remained» which greatlyaffifted
them. The hopes of being able to accomphlh the voyage*
was dtmprtndpdiupport* The boafefwainvery innocently-
told me, that be reaBy, thought I looked worfe .than ‘ any
one in the boat. The fimplicity with which he uttered
fixch ah opinioii araufed me, and I returfiPdhim®iheiter
compliment.
Our latitude at noon, was 9 * x& Sfc; Longitude from the
north part o f New Holland, ss° T W. " Courfe fimee yefter-
day noon, W f ;,Si acir mdesi -Birds and rock-weed fhewed
that we Were not far from land ; but I. expected fuch ligns
here, as there are many iflands between the eaft part" o f
Timer and New Guinea. The night was more moderate
than the laft.
THurfdayn. Thurfday the n th . Every one received the cuftomary
allowance
T M T SO U T.H SE A S* See.
allowance of bread -and watery and an extra allowdSce o f
water ; was" given to thbffe who -were moft in need. At
nooh I obferved in latitude 9° 41' S ?' courfe S 770W, distance
109 miles; longitude made 13° 49' W. I had little’
doubt of havïrfg' npw paff&d the meridian of the eafherh
part of Timor, which is laid down in 128° E. ‘ This diffnfed
univerfal joy and fatisfatMon.
ïh thé aftémoöhy we ‘faw gannets,?afldJBaany other birds,
Mid- 'at fan-fef We kept a very anxious look-out. .Th the
evenihg we - c&ught a booby,| which. I referved for opr din-
mer the next day,.
j.2th.: At three la the morning, with -an ex-
cfefsbf joy, we d-ifeovered Timor hearing from W S W fio
W NW, and Ï baaded on a wind -to -tbe;N N E-till day-
lj|^vwhenfhe lahd'hore from ’ S- W b y ‘S'-to'N E By N.
Our djtffaftce from ’the fhore, two' leagues.-
It is not poffiMe Her? mdlt de&iib^the pleafure Which the
Heffing of the fight of this land diffhfed among us. It appeared
fóarce! credible to -©urïelvfes, that in an open boat,
and fo poorlyprovided, We flrould hate ibeon able to reach
tfiekioffib Óf-^itiiOr imfêrty-önè- days-aftèrleavihg Tofoa,
bavMg^in that time- run, by büf lögf; a diftance o f 3618
mil^fïandthat^ ftof^hftandiMg our .^xfremevdiftreE, no
oneffibüldhkve pèriffiédin the 'Voyage.' ’
I have already meht-ioned* that I knbw’ -not where the
Dutch-1 iettiement was fifuated f hikt I
that it was eyt the -S W part -of the Ifl'and, yl- therefore,
after day-digbt, böié-away along ffiore tbfhe^STY, which
I was tbe mote readily -induct to do,- as the wind would
not fuffer us'tb go towards thé N- E without great -lofs of
time. IS !
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