I??-. ROUND THE WORLD. 33 



m. s. 



By me at . . . 6 53 51 with a common refractor. 



By Mr. Forster . 6 55 23 



By Mr. Wales . 6 54 57 quadrant telescope. 



By Mr. Pickersgill 6 55 30 three feet refractor. 



By Mr. Gilbert . 6 53 24 naked eye. 



By Mr. Hervey . 6 55 34 quadrant telescope. 



Mean . ... 6 54 46 by the watch. 



Watch slow of ^ n _ _ Q 



apparent time j _ _ 



Apparent time . 6 58 45 end of the eclipse. 

 Ditto . .. 7 25 at Greenwich. 



Dif. of longitude 26 14* = . .6 33' 30" 



The longitude observed by Mr. Wales was : 



By the J) andaAquilae 5 51'1 M ._ n 



By the D and Aldebaran 6 35 j x iea * 



By Mr. Kendal's watch . . . . 6 53 



6 13 



The next morning, having but little wind, we 

 hoisted a boat out, to try if there was any current, 

 but found none. From this time to the 1 6th, we had 

 the wind between the north and east, a gentle gale. 

 We had for some time ceased to see any of the birds 

 before mentioned ; and were now accompanied by 

 albatrosses, pintadoes, sheerwaters, &c. and a small 

 grey peterel, less than a pigeon. It has a whitish 

 belly, and grey back, with a black stroke across from 

 the tip of one wing to the tip of the other. These 

 birds sometimes visited us in great flights. They are, 

 as well as the pintadoes, southern birds ; and are, I 

 believe, never seen within the tropics, or north of 

 the line. 



On the 17th, we saw a sail to the N.W. standing 

 to the eastward, which hoisted Dutch colours. She 

 kept us company for two days, but the third we out- 

 sailed her. 



On the 21st, at T 30 m 20 s A. M. our longitude, 

 by the mean of two observed distances of the sun 

 and moon, was 8 4' 30" east ; Mr. Kendal's watch 

 at the same time gave 7 22'. Our latitude was 

 35 20' south. The wind was now easterly, and 



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