C H A P. IV.
JPajßge towards Van Diemen’s bard.*—Make the Ißand of
. :Paul.—Arrival Sit .■■aldvgtttttrg. Bay.^Mativds^feen.**-
Swl from-Vmt Diemen's hand*
T T 7 B loft fight o f the läöd'fhe däf aftèf; leaving Falfe
t ji’ i*- V V Bay, and fleered towards the E S Ë* fiäViög Mriaf-
ble winds the fiSft week, with much thunder, lightnings
und rain. The remainder o f this paffage, the winds were
moftly between the S and W, blowing dtróng. There
were älmöft every day great -ntimbefs o f -pintada, alba-
trofleSjblue petterdls, and other oceanic-birds, about -iiS;
but it was.obferved, that i f the wind came from thV northward,
Only for a few hours, the birds generally' left us,
and their prefence again was the forerunner of a fóüthefly
wind.
Sunday 13. ; The variation of the compafs was 30* 34' W, which was
the greateft variation we found in this track. Our latitude
36° 28' S,’ and longitude 39^0' E.
Sunday ao. The latitude, at noon, was 40° 30^ S, and ' longitude
6o° f E. We were at this time ^ fcuddingunder the
fore-fail and clofe-reefed main-top-fail,1 the wind blowing
ftrong from the weft. An hour after noon the gale in-
creafed, and blew with fo much violence, that-the fhip
. ‘ was almöft driven fórecaftle under, before Wd" Could get
the fails clewed up. As foon as the fails were taken in,
we brought the fhip to the wind, lowered the lower yards,
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and got the fop-g&Uant-mafts upon deck, which eafed
the-fhip very (touch. We remained lying dP till eight the t— — ■»
jie^t morning,; when we bore away under a reefed fore- Monday 21.
fail. In the afternoon the fea ran fo high? that it became
.very unfafe to ftapd o p : we therefore brought..to the
wind again, and remained lying to all night, without accident,
excepting thatithe man at the ftegrage was. thrown
©yen.-the wheel*!,and much ferpifed. , Towards noon, the Tuefdayz*.
violence of the ftorm abated, and we .again bore away
Under thelreefed* fofe-fail. Our latitude, at poon, 38* 49's J
in,the afternoon fe|w fotneoWhalfiSi
We eontinued funning: to fifi? eaftward in. this parabel,
H being my intention to make the iflapd ,St. Paul. On
Monday:the- 28th, at fix hr the morning, we few the ifland, Monday 21.
bearing by 1ST, ia leagugg. diftanfc: ■ between 10 and
11 ofofeek, we ran . along the fonth fide, at about a league
diftant frPBfi. the .figure. There was a verdure. that covered
tfie higher paitt of the ; fend; but I hejfeyejt was
nothing more than, mofe, which is commo-aly found on
the topsypf pjoft rocky iflands in.thefe latitudes, We faw
feveral whales near jtfie fhore. The .extent of this ifland
is. five miles from E to W ; and about two oy three'from
-N to S, As we pafied the eaft end, .we -few a
markable high fijgar-loaf rock, abreaft o f which, I have
been, informed, is goad anchorage in 03 fathoms, the
teaft point bearing SW-byS* by .true compos. I had .this
Information from the; captain of a Dutch packet, in
-which I returned to Europe. He like,wife faid there
was good frefti water on the. ifland, and a hot fpring,-
which boiled fifh in as great perfection as on a .fire. By
his account, the latitude, which he obferved in. the road,
is 38° 39' S ; and from -the anchoring place, the ifland of
q 2 Amfterdam