THEPACIFICOCEAN. 15 



With a drong gale at South, on the 19th, we flood to the ^776. 

 weftward, till eiffht o'clock in the morning; when, the wind " ^ ' 



Friday lo. 



fliifting to the Weft and North Weft, we tacked and ftretch- 

 ed to the Southward. At this time, we faw nine fail of 

 large fliips, which we judged to be French men of war. 

 They took no particular notice of us, nor we of them. 



At ten o'clock in the morning of the 22d, we faw Cape Monday 2^. 

 Ortegal; which at noon bore South Eaft, half South, about 

 four leagues dillant. At this time we were in the latitude 

 of 44° 6' North ; and our longitude, by the watch, was 8° 

 23' Weft. 



After two days of calm weather we pafTed Cape Fini- 

 fterre, on the afternoon of the 24th, with a fine gale at wednef. 24. 

 North North Eaft. The longitude of this Cape, by the 

 "watch, is 9° 29' Weft; and, by the mean of forty-one lunar 

 obfervations, made betore and after we pafled if, and re- 

 duced to it by the watch, tlie refult was 9° 19' 12". 



On the 3cth, at fix miniues and thirty-eight feconds paft Tuefday 30. 

 ten o'clock at n'-ght, apparent time, I obferved, with a 

 night telefcope, the moon lorally eclipfed. By the ephemeris, 

 the fame happened at Greenwich at nine minutes paft ele- 

 ven o'clock ; the difference being one hour, two minutes, 

 and twenty- two feconds, or 15° 2,s' 3^" o^ longitude. The 

 watch, for the fame time, gave 13° 26' 45" longitude Weft; 

 and latitude 31° 10' North. No oth.er obfervation could be 

 made on this eclipfe, as the moon was hid behind the 

 clouds the greater part of the tirne ; andj in particular, 

 when the beginning and end of total darknels, and the end 

 of the eclipfe, happened. 



Finding that we had not hay and corn fufficient for the 

 fubfiftence of the ftock of animals on board, till our arrival 



at 



