MARITIME OBSERVATIONS. oF 
From lat. 35. 30. to lat, 37. co. there are no foundings 
20 leagues from the land, but at 19 leagues diftance there 
are foundings in 60 fathoms, at 18 there are only 35 fath- 
oms, and ‘rom thence gradual foundings to the fhore. 
From Cape Hatteras to Cape Henry, the ground is fine 
fand, and to the Northward of Cape Henry, coarfe fand 
with fome fhells among it, 
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N°. Il. 
Extra from the Fournal of an Officer on board the Brit- 
ifh Ship of War Liverpool, between 20th Sept. and oth 
October, 1775. 
N lat. 45. 43. N. long. 21. 20 W. from Greenwich, 
found a current fetting to the Southward 12 to15 miles 
per day, which continued till we made the Ifland of Corvo, 
the North part of which is in lat. 39. 56. N. and long. 3r. 
8. W. from Greenwich by celeftial obfervation, which a- 
greed within 12 miles of the longitude per account, that 
being 30. 56. The variation of the compafs off this Ifland 
is 18°. rg. W. and in failing to the Southward and Weft- 
ward, it gradually diminifhed, till we arrived in lat. 2Q. 
oo. N. long. 66. 40. W. where we had no variation. 
INS. LH. 
Extract from the Fournal of an Officer on board the Britifb 
Ship of War, Liverpool. 
N the 18 of Odtober, 1775, in lat. 42. 4, N. long. 
10°. 8. W. from the Ifland of Corvo, it bearing S. 
75 E. diftant 156 leagues, the fea being then very fmooth 
it was fuddenly agitated into a fhort irregular fea (without 
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