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du£tion. The officers were recommended by Captain May. 

 Lutwidge, and did juftice to hls^ penetration by their '— v— 

 Condudl in the courfe of the voyage. During our ftay 

 here, Mr. Lyons landed with the aftronomical quadrant 

 at Sheernefs fort, and found the latitude to be 51° 31' 30'', 

 longitude 0° 30' Eaft. The Eafterly winds prevented 

 our moving this day and the following. 



June sd. Having the wind to the Weftward of North, J'^'^C' 

 at five in the morning I made the fignal to weigh ; but 

 in lefs than half an hour, the wind fhifting to the Eaft- 

 ward and blowing frefh, I furled the topfails. The wind 

 came in the afternoon to N b E ; we weighed, but did not 

 get far, the tide of flood making againft us. 



3d. The wind blowing frefli all day Eafterly, we did 



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not move. 



4th. The wind coming round to the Weftward at fix 

 in the morning, I weighed immediately, and fent the 

 boat for Captain Lutwidge, to deliver him his orders; 

 At 10 A. M. longitude by the watch 56' E. At noon the 

 latitude obferved was 51° 37^ 36'^ N. At eight in the 

 evening we had got as far as Balfey Clifi*, between Orford 

 and Harwich. Little wind at nisfht* 



5th. Anchored in Hofeley Bay at half paft feven in 

 the evening, in five and an half fathom water. Orford 

 Caftle NEbR Angle 



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