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keeper; fince, by afcertaining the true longitude of places, ^ 7 b 9 * 

 they difcover the error of its rate. The original obferva- 

 tions, that were made in the courfe of this voyage, have 

 been publifhed by order of the board of longitude, and to 

 thofe I mud refer the reader, for his further information on 

 this fubject. 



N. B. The obfervatories were placed on the Weft fide of 

 the village of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. 



Latitude deduced from meridian zenith 

 diftances of the fun, and of five flars 

 to the South, and five to the North of 

 the zenith - - - 53 ° o' 38" North. 



Longitude deduced from one hundred 

 and forty-fix fets of lunar observa- 

 tions - - - 158° 43' 16" Eaft. 



Longitude by time-keeper, according to 



its Greenwich rate - - 173 36' o" 



Longitude by time-keeper, according 



to its rate found at Owhyhee - 159 qo' o" 



Variation of the compafs, by azimuths 

 taken with three compares, made by 

 Knight, Gregory, and Martin - 6° i3' 40" Eaft. 



Dip of the North pole of the mag- 

 netic needle, being a mean of the 

 obfervations taken in 'June and Sep- 

 tember - - 63° 5' o 







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

 at thirty-fix minutes pad four, and the greateft rife was 



T t 3 five 



