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BOOK III. 



CHAP. I. 



THE RUN FROM NEW ZEALAND TO BOTANY BAY, ON THE EAST 

 COAST QF NEW HOLLAND, NOW CALLED NEW SOUTH WALES ; 

 VARIOUS INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED THERE ; WITH SOME 

 ACCOUNT OF THE COUNTRY AND ITS INHABITANTS. 



JtIaving sailed from Cape Farewell, which lies in la- 

 titude 40 33' S., longitude 186 W., on Saturday the 

 31st of March, 1770, we steered westward, with a 

 fresh gale at N. N. E., and at noon, on the 2d of 

 April, our latitude, by observation, was 40, our lon- 

 gitude from Cape Farewell 2 31' W. 



In the morning of the 9th, being in latitude 

 38 29' S., we saw a tropic bird, which, in so high a la- 

 titude, is very uncommon. 



In the morning of the 10th, being in latitude 

 38 51' S., longitude 202 43' W., we found the vari- 

 ation, by the amplitude, to be 11 25' E., and by the 

 azimuth 1120 / . 



In the morning of the 11th, the variation was 

 13 48', which is two degrees and a half more than 

 the day before, though I expected to have found it 

 less. 



In the course of the 13th, being in latitude 

 39 23' S., longitude 204 % W., I found the vari- 

 ation to be 12 27' E., and in the morning of the 14th 

 it was 11 30" ; this day we also saw some flying fish. 

 On the 15th, we saw an egg bird and a gannet, and 

 as these are birds that never go far from the land, we 

 continued to sound all night, but had no ground 

 with 130 fathom. At noon, on the 16th, we were in 

 latitude 39 45' S., longitude 208 W. At about two 



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