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of places, they discover the error of its rate. The 

 original observations, that were made in the course 

 of this voyage, have been published by order of 

 the board of longitude ; and to those I must refer 

 the reader, for his further information on this 

 subject. 



N. B. — The observatories were placed on the 

 west side of the village of Saint Peter and Saint 

 Paul. 



Latitude deduced from me- 

 ridian zenith distances of 

 the sun, and of five stars to 

 the south, and five to the 

 north of the zenith - - 53° 0' 38" north. 



Longitude deduced from one 

 hundred and forty-six sets 

 of lunar observations - 158° 43' 16" east. 



Longitude by time-keeper, ac- 

 cording to its Greenwich 

 rate 173° 3& 0" 



Longitude by time-keeper, 

 according to its rate found 

 at Owhyhee - - - 159° 20' 0" 



Variation of the compass, 

 by azimuths taken with 

 three compasses, made by 

 Knight, Gregory, and Mar- 

 tin - - - - - 6° 18' 40" east. 



Dip of the north pole of 

 the magnetic needle, being 

 a mean of the observ- 

 ations taken in June and 

 September - - - 63° 5' 0" 



It was high water, on the full and change of the 

 moon, at thirty-six minutes past four, and the 



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