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daily error ; or, in other words, that the watch had 

 varied 4f 6" (eighth column), in eight months eleven 

 days (ninth column). But the longitude, as given by 

 its new rate, leaves an error of only 30' 54" (tenth 

 column), near thirty-one miles, or, in time, 9! 3'',6 

 (eleventh column), which has been accumulating 

 during our run from the Cape to New Zealand, or in 

 three months, 28° (twelfth column). The thirteenth 

 and fourteenth columns require no explanation, 



