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veering more and more in our favour, and at last 

 fixed at E. S. E., and blew, for some hours, a perfect 

 hurricane. 



As soon as the storm began to subside we made 

 sail, and hauled in for the land. Next day at noon, 

 the Table Mountain over the Cape Town bore N. E. 

 by E., distant nine or ten leagues. By making use 

 of this bearing and distance to reduce the longitude 

 shewn by the watch to the Cape Town, the error was 

 found to be no more than 18' in longitude, which it 

 was too far to the east. Indeed, the difference we 

 found between it and the lunar observations, since 

 we left New Zealand, had seldom exceeded half a 

 degree, and always the same way. 



The next morning, being with us Wednesday, the 

 22d, but with the people here Tuesday, the 21st, 

 we anchored in Table Bay, where we found several 

 Dutch ships ; some French ; and the Ceres, Captain 

 Newte, an English East India Company's ship, from 

 China, bound directly to England, by whom I sent 

 a copy of the preceding parts of this journal, some 

 charts, and other drawings, to the Admiralty. 



Before we had well got to an anchor, 1 dispatched 

 an officer to acquaint the governor with our arrival, 

 and to request the necessary stores and refreshments, 

 which were readily granted. As soon as the officer 

 came back, we saluted the garrison with thirteen 

 guns, which compliment was immediately returned 

 with an equal number. 



I now learnt that the Adventure had called here, 

 on her return ; and I found a letter from Captain 

 Eurneaux, acquainting me with the loss of his boat, 

 and of ten of his best men, in Queen Charlotte's 

 Sound. The captain, afterwards, on my arrival in 

 England, put into my hands a complete narrative of 

 his proceedings, from the time of our second and 

 final separation, which I now lay before the public in 

 the following chapter. 



