NAUTICAL REMARKS. 397 



REMARKS ON THE PASSAGE FROM THE SANDWICH ISLANDS 

 TO AWATSKA BAY, KAMSCHATKA. 



June \st to 28th. 



This passage was very favourable, both in regard to wind 

 and weather, and occupied only twenty-seven days. On quit- 

 ting Oneehow, instead of keeping within the tropics for the 

 advantage of a fresh trade-wind, I endeavoured to pursue the 

 30th or 31st parallel down to 191o or 192o W. ; and then to 

 avail myself of the westerly winds, said to prevail there, in 

 order to get to the northward. 



Quitting Oneehow, I passed to the north-eastward of Bird 

 Island, and the chain of reefs situated near the French Fri- 

 gate's Bank, and then bore away west. We kept the trade- 

 wind with but one interruption, until in latitude 29o 46' N. 

 and longitude 185o W., which was on the 10th day of our de- 

 parture; here the wind veered to the S. and S.S.W., and 

 continued fair three days. On the thirteenth day (June 15th), 

 in lat. 330 N., long. 192o W., it shifted suddenly to N.W. by 

 W. I was now near the situation I had been desirous of 

 reaching, and ready for this wind, but it did not continue ; 

 and for five days we were retarded by light winds from all 

 points of the compass, except that quarter. On the 20th June 

 we had a N.E. wind again, which veered to E., S.E., S., and 

 on the 5th day to W. S. W., when it left us in 46o N. and 

 1990 W. An easterly wind succeeded, but, before the twenty- 

 four hours were expired, veered round by S. to W., which, 

 with the exception of a few hours N.N.E. wind, carried us 

 close off the light-house of Awatska Bay on the 28th June. 



The weather during this time had been moderate ; it had 

 scarcely been necessary to take in top-gallant sails the whole 

 period. It will be seen that, with the exception of three days, 

 we had a leading wind the whole of the way, and that our 

 greatest delay was occasioned by light winds about the paral- 

 lels of 340 and 350 N. The trade-wind may be said to have 

 attended us as far as 30° N. and 185o W. About the 30th 



