94 
Dates. 
1790. 
uly at, 
22, 
24, 
255 
26, 
273 
28, ° 
3I, 
Aug. 4, 
July 31, 3 A.M. bottom 63 fathoms mud 
fhoals and banks of the Coaft. 
MARITIME OBSERVATIONS 
D. Athermometrical Journal of the temperature of the atmofphere at fea on a pafiage from 
Halifax to New-York, on board uf the Britifh Packet Chefterfield, Captain Schuyier. 
Places in at Noon. 
| Time | Lat. N. | Lon. W. 
g A.M. tiallitax Harbour 
11 A.M. | without the har- 
4P.M. bour. 
6A.M. 
Noon. 43 12 64° 6 
4P.M. 
47 3Py M. 
8 A.M. 
ao A.M, 
Noen. Al 57 65).% 
6P. M. 
Midnight. 
Noon. AI 53 65 33 
4P.M. 
6 P. M. 
Midnight. 
3. ME 
6A.M 
Noon. 41 8 66 56 
4P.M 
3 A.M. 
7 A.M. 
Noon. 40 44 67 32 
4P.M. . 68 30 
8 P. M. 
10 P. M, 
1 A.M. | 
6A.M. 
Noon. 40 44 68 06 
8 P. M. * 1 69 40 
10 P. M. 
4A.M. { 
Noon. 40 25 68 20 
10 P.M mt 70 30 
Noon 40 23 69 14 
AP.M * 9I 10 
8 P.M 
Midnight 
3A.M.] 40 29 70 SE 
4 A.M. ¥ 7% 30 
9 A.M 
4P.M 40 29 | *73 40 
| Temp. of 
66 
Notes. 
Sailed at 8A. MM. 
Land out of fight. 
I fuppofe we are on Rofeway bank. 
I fuppofe we are between Rofeway 
and Brown’s bank. 
July 22, 4P.M. I fuppofe we are 
on Brown’s bank. 
July 22, 7 P. M. I fuppofe we are 
off do. 
Triedcurrentand foundit NE. t knot 
no bottom in 80 fathoms. 
Much Gulph weed, a whale 2, fharks 
and many porpoifes. 
Bottom in 42fathoms, no gulph weed. 
Bottom in 32 fathoms, ftood N. 
Bottom in do. fathoms, ftood South- 
ward. 
Bottom in 50 fathoms, ftood N. 
Bottom 35 fathom, ftood Southward. 
Stood Weft. 
*N.B. by the foundings and the 
Bottom 28 fathoms ( thermometer, I 
Bottom 40 do. fuppofe the true 
Bottom 30 do. long. to be as 
do. 32do. ftoodSE. (marked under 
Do. 4300. flood S.W.the reckoning. 
Do. 36 do. ftood E. S. E. 
Do. 65 do.worefhip, almoftcalm. 
No bottom, I fuppofe we are within 
the influence of the gulph ftream; 
in its.eddy perhaps. 
July 29,4A.M.ottom ing 7 fathoms 
ftood W. 
July 29, 10 P. M. bottom 45 do. the 
water being warmer than in the 
fame depth when I thought we 
were near the fhoals, I am: induced 
to believe that this bottom is that 
of the Coaft. 
July 30, 8 P. M. bottom 56 do.mud 
. The muddy bottom fhows that we are within the 
Auguft 1,9 A. M. Saw the land off Long-Ifland, bearing N. 
Auguft 1, 4P. M. New-York Light Houfe in fight, bearing Weft. N. B. fince 2 A. M. we 
have been going from 5 to 7 knots i. ¢. about 50 miles Wett, which makes the longitude by 
thermometrical reckoning: and foundings 73, 40 W. at noon, which turns out accurate, the 
land being in 74. 00 W. 
OLfervations 
