CANARY ISLANDS. 1751. 97 



3 15' Weft longitude from 'lensriffc. The 

 Sun being weft in Aries 25 25' 42". For this 

 reafon no observations were made to-day. A 

 dolphin was wounded by an harpoon, but 

 broke it and got off. 



The 5th of April, N. L. 6° 28'. 



The heat was very great to-day as well as 

 yefterday. Our water, which began to ftink 

 before we were quite clear from Cadiz 9 now 

 grew fweet again. This change may be ex- 

 plained from natural caufes ; for on ftraining 

 rhe water through a coarfe cloth many gnats 

 and onifci were found in it in a perfect ftate. 



April the 6th, N. L. 4 40'. 



We now loft the north-eaft - trade-wind, 

 which helps the fhips forwards all the year 

 thus far from the thirtieth degree of N. L. 

 becaufe it continually blows from north-eaft, 

 or at leaft' with little variation. In the morn- 

 ing it began to rain ; afterwards it grew calm, 

 as is always ufual about the Line. 



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