ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS. 149 



sidered in the brute creation what the Kalushes 

 are among men. 



On the morning of the 25th of November, as 

 soon as the tide ebbed, we towed out of the Bay 

 of St. Francisco with a north-west wind, which 

 here regularly brings fine weather. The sea 

 was still so much agitated by the recent south- 

 west storms, that it rolled large billows into the 

 channel which unites it with the bay. Our ves- 

 sel being dashed against these breakers by the 

 force of the current from the channel, would no 

 longer obey the helm, and we narrowly escaped 

 being cast against a rock. I would therefore 

 recommend others of my profession only to sail 

 out of this bay when the water in the channel is 

 tranquil, which usually happens after the wind 

 has blown for several days from the north-west. 



According to repeated observations, we found 

 the latitude of the Presidio of St. Francisco to 

 be 37" 48' 33'', and the longitude 122^ 22' 30". 

 The declination of the needle was 16"^ east. 



The medium of our observations in the bay 

 gave us the time for high water, at the new and 

 full moon, 11 hours and 20 minutes. 



