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CHAP. XIIL 



Ohjervations made at tba Sa?2d'wich IJla7ids^ on the Lon^l-^ 

 tiide^ Variation of the Compafa^ and Tides, — Profecu- 

 tion of the Voyage. — Remarks on the Mild?2efs of the 

 TVeather^ as far as the Latitude 44.° North. — Paucity 

 ef Sea Birds ^ in the Northern Hemifphere, — Small Sea 

 A?2iinals defcribed. — Arrival on the Coafi of America, 

 -^—Appearance of the Country. — Unfavourable TVi fid's ^ 

 and boiflerous Weather, — Remarks on Martin de Acrui- 

 lars River ^ and Juan de Fucds pretended Strait, — 

 An Inlet dif covered, where the Ships anchor, — Behaviour 

 of the Natives,, 



AFTER the Difcovery had joined us, we flood away to 177S; 

 the Northward, clofe hauled, with a gentle gale from . "J-"^ 

 theEaft; and nothing occurring, in this fituation, worthy '^^°"'^*>' '• 

 of a place in my narrative, the reader will permit me to 

 infert here the nautical obfervations which I had opportu- 

 nities of making, relative to the iilands we had left ; and 

 which we had been fortunate enough to add to the gcogrrv- 

 phy of this part of the Pacific Ocean. 



The longitude of the Sandwich Iflands, was determined 

 by feventy-two fets of lunar obfervations ; fome of which 

 were made while we were at anchor, in the road of 

 Wymoa; others, before we arrived, and after we left it,, 

 aad reduced to ir, by the watch, or, time-keeper. By the 



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