THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 



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At fix in the morning of the 26th, the wind having con- '779- 



November. 



fiderably abated, we bore away Weft ; fet the top-fails, and ' > ' 



Friday 26. 



let out the reers. At noon, the latitude, by obfervation, 



was 21° 12', and longitude 120 25'. We faw, this day, a flock 



of ducks, and many tropic birds, alio dolphins and por- 



piifTes, and Mill continued to pafs feveral pumice ftones. 



V e fpent the night upon our tacks, and, at fix in the 



morning of the 27th, again bore away Weft in fearch of the Saturday 27. 



Bafliees. 



I now began to be a little apprehenfive, left in fearching 

 for thofe iflands, we mould get fo much to the Southward as 

 to be obliged to pafs to leeward of the Pratas In this cafe, 

 it might have been exceedingly difficult for fuch bad failing 

 mips as ours to fetch Macao, particularly mould the wind 

 continue to blow, as it now did, rrom the North North Eaft 

 and North. As I had fome doubts whether Mr Dalrymple's 

 charts were on board the Refolution, I made fail and hailed 

 her; and having acquainted Captain Gore with the pofition 

 of thele (hoals, and my apprehenfions of being driven to the 

 Southward, he informed me that he fliould continue on his 

 courfe for rhe day, as he was ftill in hopes of finding Admi* 

 ral Byron's longitude right ; and therefore ordered me to 

 fpread a few miles to the South. 



At noon, the weather became hazy ; the latitude, by 

 reckoning, was 21 2', and longitude 118° 30'; and at fix-, 

 having got to the Weftward of the Bafhees, by Mr. Byron's 

 account, Caprain Gore hauled his wind to the North Weft, 

 under an ealy fail, the wind blowing very ftrong, and there 

 being every appearance of a dirty boifterous night. At four 

 in the morning of the 28th, we faw the Refolution, then Sunday 2?.- 

 half a mile ahead of us, wear, and immediately perceived 



breakers 



