THE PACIFIC OCEAN, 



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CHAP. III. 



Departure from 'Teneriffe. — Danger of the Ship near Bo- 

 navifla. — Jjle of Mayo. — Port Praya. — Precautio?is 

 againfl the Rain a?id fultry Weather in the Neighbour- 

 hood of the Equator. — P oft ion of the Coaji of Brazil, — 

 Arrival at the Cape of Good Hope. — 'Tra7fa&io7is there. 

 — yu7:81io?i of the Difcovery. — Mr. Anderforis ycur?iey 

 lip the Couittry. — Ajlronomical Obfervations. — Nautical 

 Remarks on the Pajfage from England to the Cape., %vith 

 regard to the Currents and the Variation.^ 



AVING completed our water, and got on board every 1775; ' 



other thing we wanted at Teneriffe, we weighed an- ^ _!!5"5'_^ 



chor on the 4th of Augufl, and proceeded on our voyage, Sunday 4. 

 with a fine gale at North Eaft. 



At nine o'clock in the evening on the loth *, we faw the Saturday 10. 

 ifland of Bonavifta bearing South, diftant little more than a 

 league ; though, at this time, we thought ourfelves much 

 farther off; but this proved a millake. For, after hauling 

 to tlie Eaft ward till twelve o'clock, to clear the funken rocks 

 that lie about a league from the South Eaft point of the 

 ifland, we found ourfelves, at that time, clofe upon them, 



* As a proof of Captain Cook's attention, both to the difcipline and to the health 

 of his {hip's company, it may be worth while to obferve here,, that it appears from his 

 log-book, he cxercifed them at great guns and fmall arms, and cleared and fmoktd the Jbip 



heloiv decks., twice in the interval between tlie 4th and the loth ofAuguft. 



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