latitude at noon was 28 deg. 8 min. and thé longitude 316 deg..
44 min. Welt.
From this to the 7th we had Southerly winds and' moderate
weather: the latitude at noon was 30 deg. 11 min.. South; and'
the longitude 321 deg. 58 min. Weft. In the afternoon the wind
blew frefh from the Ealtward, and the former part of the night
was fqually, with thunder, lightning, and heavy rain, which.
caufed us to double-reef the topfails and reef the mainfail j under
this fail we thought ourfelves well fecured for the night, but about
two o’clock in the morning of the 8th, a- molt violent fquall took
us from the South Welt 5 on which, we handed the topfails* j and
providentially received no damage.: by day-light the weather grew
more moderate; the wind Itill to the Southward. Our latitude at
noon was 30 deg. 54 min. South.
In the forenoon of the 9th we had a llrong breeze at North
Ealt, and towards the evening the wind hauled to the Northward,
Itill blowing very frelh | in the evening it lightened very much to
the South Welt, which caufed us tp< clofe-reef the topfails,: remembering
the fevere fquall we fo lately met with; fortunately,
however, 'the night continued moderate, and the 10th and 1 ith.
we had light Southerly winds, and fine weather. Our latitude at
noon on the 1 ith was 32 deg. 45 min. South:; and.the longitude
by lunar obfervations; 3 27 deg. 6 min. Welt..
During the 1 2th and 13 th the wind blew frelh. at North Ealt;
the weather tolerably fine. Our latitude, at noon on the 13th was
34 deg. 22 min. South
During the 14th, and greateft part of the 15th, we had little
variety, the wind and weather being nearly thé fame as on the
preceding days, with a heavy fwell from the Weltward. In the
afternoon of the 15th the weather grew hazy, and the wind variable,
with a lowering threatening Iky; about feven o’clock the
wind fettled at North Weft, and. blew a ftrong gale, on which we
clofe-reefed the topfails, reefed the mainfail, and fent down the
top gallant yards, At eight o’clock we wore and flood to the
Eaftward. During the former part of the night we had a good
deal of lightning from the Northward. At two o’clock in the
morning of the 16th, we again wore and flood to the Weftward :
the gale ftill increafing, at fix o’clock we reefed the forefail and
handed the topfails. In the forenoon the top-gallant malls were
ftruck, and the jibb-boom got in. Our latitude at noon was 36
deg. 10 min. South, the gale ftill continuing with unceafing
violence, attended with frequent fqualls, and an exceeding heavy
Wefterly fwelL
A t four o’clock in the afternoon we found the pumps choaked
up. This, in our prefent fituation, was a moft unfortunate cir-
eumftance, and more particularly, as the veffel, when on the ftar-
board tack, made a good deal of water t' however, the ftarboard
pump was immediately hoifted up, and, on examination, found
eh<?aked with fand, which had been ufed as a flooring for the teas,
and which, no doubt, the prefent tempeftuous weather had occa-
fioned to work through the ceiling. The pump being cleared,,
nine inches, were cut from the bottom, and it was immediately gat-
down again..
The {hip’s company had been for fome time at an allowance of
w.ater, as before mentioned;, but the weather, being now. too ftormy
a to