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He was furnifhed, by his Majefly, with an ample provi- ''76. 

 lion of every article which, during our intercourfe with his *- n ' . 

 country, we had obferved to be in any eflimation there, 

 either as ufeful or as ornamental. He had, befides, received 

 many prefents of the fame nature from Lord Sandwich, 

 Mr.* Banks, and feveral other Gentlemen and Ladies of his 

 acquaintance. In Ihort, every method had been employed, 

 both during his abode in England, and at his departure, to 

 make him the inftrument of conveying to the inhabitants 

 of the iflands of the Pacific Ocean, the moft exalted opinion 

 of the greatnefs and generofity of the Britifh nation. 



While the Refolution lay at the Nore, Mr. King made 

 feveral obfervations for finding the longitude by the watch. 

 The mean of them all, gave 0° 44' o", for the longitude of 

 the fhip. This, reduced to Shcernefs, by the bearing and 

 eftimated diftance, will make that place to be o" 37' o" Eail 

 of Greenwich; which is more by feven miles than Mr. 

 Lyons made it, by the watch which Lord Pv^'nlgrave had with 

 him, on his voyage towards the North Pole. Whoever knows 

 any thing of the diftance between Sheernefs and Green- 

 wich, will be a judge which of thefe two obfervations is 

 neareft the truth. 



The variation of the needle here, by a mean of different 

 fets, taken with different compaffes, was 20" 37' Weft. 



On the 25th, about noon, we weighed anchor, and made Tuerday25, 

 fail for the Downs, through the Queen's Channel, with a 

 gentle breeze at North Weft by Weft. At nine in the even- 

 ing we anchored, with the North Foreland bearing South by 

 Eaft, and Margate Point South Weft by South, 



-* Now Sir Jofeph, 



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