o f the vóyiige t dnd, having bèeri peVmMtefl to Hotó jèht
this encouragement to them} I gavekfluranoes ó f the certainty
©f promotion to every one whofé endeavours Ihoulct
s* The winds, for fobie dayè falter leading Teneriffef werè
pte&lyffë&s»
difMbuted amongft: the people* and. föme:;dölphih^ >we:re
caught. '
Oh the 17th the wind came- round to the;K E, and-c0n-
tia^ed fteMy-itt- that quarter < till' th ê ‘ ’fltgifepdü'Whièh* dlay^
at noon, we were in. 3? 54' N. '2Vs?thë ’èlbtdinefs><öf' the
jfky gave us'rêafoh tóóXpöéfclmUch tain} we'prepared thè
awnings with hefes -far the -convenience of faving water}
in which we Were not-difappointed. ?TfemthiSltimfe to ou-r
meeting-with* the-S- E tradefwdnd^e-had^mnch iyét WÓa-
ther, the air -dofe -and fultry, with calms} ahMight variable
winds, génerallyilroth the fouthWard.
On theyqth there' was ifd’ heavy a^Falh'of rain" that "we
caught feven hundred gallons óf wa'teïv t
On the 31ft, latitude at noon, 2%'i N, fbUndf a current fet-
ting to the N twentyfour
hours. The thermonieter- was- at ‘82° in >thè"ffiade,
and 8T i at the ftufaee of tiieTea} fo that thè Jdfaftd the
water were within h a lfa degfeó of the fame • tërffpèratufe.
At eight o’clock in t-he'hvenïng we' iobféryéd-KWfolënt tfip-
Jing in the' fed, -aboht haif a mile to the N W o f ‘us, Which
hadvery tiitich the appearance o f breakers. This f imagine'
to have bëeri becgfionêd-by a largefthoOf (df muMtUd£);
o f filh, as it was exaéüy in the track the IKip had-]pkfled,'fo
that i f any yè&l ihöal Mti'héen ntérë/we touft hdye'iÉen
it at the clofe of tfte eveniiigi whfen a careful löó.K-out was
plWnys kept. However^ i f it had appeared a*heM ó f 'tfef
j . — inftead
inftead' of a-ftern, I' ftiauld certainly have tacked, to avoid it. -
T o fuchl appearances f;.attribute the aceoUntsfof many »
fhoals. w ithin the. tropics, which , cannot be found .any'
where but.in maps/ Our, latitude, at this, time Was 20 8" N,
-and.longitude, ig0, ^ W • i The.nextiid&y we had more of
fhefè- appearances;-. from tbfe number o f fchooïstdf filh by
which the' fhip was forró untied.- .
• Saturday the 2d. This morning,, we faw -a'-fail'to the feeruaht.
N J^Ti W,.;but at too great a diftance to diftinguifh what fhe Satutday z”
was- . ; ••• »*' ? pry*’
i Monday;the 4th» Had very, heavy fain | during which Monday^
we nearly filled .all our empty watér;calks-. I So much wet
leather,, wit hl'the' Ctofeneï&rof • the ' aif,vcdv!6bed every
thing with mildew. <The fhip was ■ aired below with fires,
and frequently fprinkled with.vinegar ■; and evèry little interval
of dry- weather was, taken advantage of to open, all
fhe hatchways, and clean the fhip,'and-to havé all t-he
people’s!wet things wafhfed'and dried.
-"’'With1 this weather, and' light unfteady wind's* we advanced
hut i ï degrees in twelve-days; -at the end' o f which
time We were relievedfoy ’the'S E -tfade wind, which We fell
ip with ón the 6th at noon, in latitude i° ai' N, -and longitude
200 42' W.
Thé next- afternoon we erofïed thè' equinoctial line, in Tturfday y.
longitude qi° 50! W. The weather "befcatoe fine, and* the
S E tfade windt was frefh and ftejidy, with -whlih we kept 3
point,free from the wind, arid got to-the fouthwarti- at a
good rate. ‘
The weather continuing dry, We pitt' fomfe of our bread
in calks} .properly-prepared for its ècèptïdn, to prteferve it
ftfom vermin: this experiment, -we' afterwards found, an-
•ftver.ed exceedingly well: 1
On the. 16th, at day-lightf we faw a fail to the fouth- Sawrday 16.
ward.