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A VOYAGE TO 



*»78o- it in part to a current, which, according to my own calcu- 



v a "" a - r> ' • lations, had fet forty-two miles to the South South Weft, 



between the noon of the 1 9th, and the noon of the 20th ; 



and is taken into the account in determining the fituation 



of the ifland. 



After pafling Sapata, we fleered to the Weftward ; and at 

 midnight founded, and had ground with fifty fathoms of 

 line, over a fine fandy bottom. In the morning of the 

 Iridayzo. 20 th, the wind becoming more moderate, we let out the 

 reefs, and fleered Weft by South for Pulo Condore. At 

 noon the latitude was 8° 46' North, longitude 1 06 45' Eaft ; and 

 at half paft twelve we got fight of the ifland, bearing Weft. 

 At four, the extremes of Pulo Condore, and the iflands that 

 lie off it, bore South Eaft and South Weft by Weft; our 

 diftance from the neareft iflands being two nriles. We kept 

 to the North of the iflands, and flood for the harbour on the 

 South Weft end of Condore, which, having its entrance 

 from the North Weft, is the beft fheltered during the North 

 Eaft monfoon. At fix, we anchored, with the beft bower, 

 in fix fathoms, veered away two thirds of the cable, and 

 kept the fhip Heady with a ftream anchor and cable to the 

 South Eaft. When moored, the extremes of the entrance of 

 the harbour bore North by Weft, and Weft North Weft one 

 quarter Weft j the opening at the upper end South Eaft by 

 Eaft three quarters Eaft ; our diftance from the neareft 

 more a quarter of a mile. , 



As foon as we were come to anchor, Captain Gore fired 



a gun, with a view of apprifing the natives of our arrival, 



and drawing them toward the fhore, but without effect. 



Saturday 21. Early in the morning of the 21ft, parties were fent to cut 



wood, which was Captain Gore's principal motive for 



1 coming 



