THEPACIFICOCEAN. S22 



Ih the morning of the 2d, we were furprized to fee the ^ »778- 



*^ * December. 



fummits of the mountains on Owhyhee covered with ■ — -* 



fnow. They did not appear to be of any extraordinary 

 height; and yet, in fome places, the fnow feemed to be of a 

 confiderable depth, and to have lain there fome time. As 

 we drew near the fhore, fome of the natives came off to us. 

 They were a little Ihy at firft; but we foon enticed fome of 

 them on board ; and at lafl prevailed upon them to return to 

 the iiland, and bring off what we wanted. Soon after thefe 

 reached the fhore, we had company enough ; and few 

 coming empty-handed, we got a tolerable fupplyof fmall pigs, 

 fruit, and roots. We continued trading with them till fix in 

 the evening ; when we made fail, and flood off, with a view 

 of plying to windward round the ifland. 



In the evening of the 4th, we obferved an eclipfc of the Friday 4, 

 moon. Mr. King made ufe of a night-telefcope, a circular 

 aperture being placed at the objcdl end, about one-third of 

 the fize of the common aperture. I obferved with the tele- 

 fcope of one of Ramfdcn's fextants ; which, I think, anfwers 

 this purpofe as well as any other. The following times are 

 the means, as obferved by us both. 



6" 3' 2s" beginning of theeclipfe ?r^_,^;.,- ._ J ^°i 4^' 45" 

 8" 27' 2s" end of the eclipfe J^-ongituac^ ^^^, ^^, ^ ^,, 



Mean - - - - 204° 35' o" 



The penumbra was vifible, at leafl ten minutes before the 

 beginning, and after the end of the eclipfe, I meafured the 

 uneclipfed part of the moon, with one of Ramfden's fextants, 

 feveral times before, at, and after the middleof the eclipfe; 

 but did not get the time of the middle fo near as might have 

 been effecT:ed by this method. Indeed thefe obfervations 



were 



