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Southernmoft land feen the day before, we conjectured to '779- 

 be Cape de Kennis, and the break, to the Southward of this * „ < 

 point, to be the mouth of the river on which the town of 

 Gillima is faid to be fituated. The next cape is probably 

 that called in the Dutch charts Boomtje's Point, and the 

 Southernmoft, off which we were abreaft at noon, we fup- 

 pofe to be near Low Point*, and that we were at too great a 

 diftance to fee the low land, in which it probably termi- 

 nates, to the Eaftward. 



In the afternoon, the wind veering round to the North 

 Eaft, we flood to the Southward, at the diftance of about 

 eighteen leagues from the more, trying for foundings, as 

 we went along, but finding none with one hundred and fif- 

 teen fathoms of line. At two the next morning, it fhifted to Sunday 3!. 

 Wed, attended with rain and lightning, and blowing in heavy 

 fqualls. During the courfe of the day, we had Several fmall 

 birds of a brown plumage, refembling linnets, flying about 

 us, which had been forced ofF the land by the flrong Wcft- 

 erly gales; but toward the evening, the wind coming to 

 the North Weft, we fhaped our courfe, along with them, to 

 Weft South Weft, in order to regain the coaft. In tire morn- 

 ing of the ift of November, the wind again fhifted to South November. 

 Eafl, and bringing with it fair weather, we got forty-two 

 fets of diftances of the moon from the fun and ftars, with 

 four different quadrants, each let confiding of fix obferva- 

 tions ; thefe agreeing pretty nearly with each other, fix our 

 fituation at noon the fame day, with great accuracy, in 

 longitude 141° 32', the latitude, by obfervation, was 35 17'. 

 We found an error of latitude, in our reckonings of the pre- 

 ceding day, of eight miles, and in this day's of feventeen ; 



* Lap Honk, or Low Point, is placed by Janfen in latitude 36 40'. 



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Monday 1. 



