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177S. 

 February. 



A VOYAGE TO 



mean refult of thcfc obfcrvations, the longitude of the 



road is — — 200° 13' o" Eaft. 



C Greenwich rate, 202° o' o" 



Timekeeper J ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ „^^o 



21 o 

 Thelatitudeof theroad,by themcanof ) , ,, „ . _ , 



•J- ur • £ 1 r f 21* 56' 15" North. 



two meridian oblervations or the lun ) 



The obfcrvations for the variation of the compafs, did not 

 agree very well among themfelves. It is true, they were 

 not all made exatStly in the fame fpot. The different fitua- 

 tions, however, could make very little difference. But the 

 whole will be bell; feen by calling an eye on the following 

 table. 



the needle dipped 42° l' 7". 



The tides, at the Sandwich Iflands, are fo inconfiderablc, 

 that, with the great furf which broke againft the fliore, it 

 was hardly poflible to tell, at any time, whether we had 

 high or low water, or whether it ebbed or flowed. On the 



South fide of Atooi, we generally found a current fetting to 



the 



